Spotlight | Guinea
Vale contests BSGR's new counsel in $2bn Simandou iron ore battle

After starting a trial in the US to demonstrate that its former partner on the Simandou iron ore project, Beny Steinmetz, had fraudulently invested funds in New York property, the Brazilian mining group Vale believes its opponent's new lawyer has been picked to undermine the proceedings. [...]
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