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...BMD Group, which is working on Adani Enterprises’ Carmichael mine, said in an appeal at a parliamentary inquiry that it may have to ask the government for insurance....
...In Australia, the Roy Hill mine run by billionaire Gina Rinehart is also set to start producing iron ore this year....
...It will also be looking for a partner to develop iron ore deposits towards South Africa’s border with Swaziland in a project known as Cascades....
...RSA Insurance advanced by 1 per cent to 127¾p as analysts at Cazenove played down the claimant risk from benign lung scarring caused by asbestos, a condition known as pleural plaques....
...Asarco owns three copper mines in Arizona....
...Asarco, owner of three copper mines in Arizona, is still technically owned by Grupo Mexico, which bought it through a leveraged buy-out in 1999....
...Asarco filed for bankruptcy protection in 2005 after it was sued for $1bn for environmental and asbestos claims....
...Asarco is also a high-cost producer in spite of being integrated with its own copper mines....
...More than Asbestos. From a risk perspective - credit, reputational and legal - carbon has moved onto the agenda as the known unknown....
...It said any reform of US lawsuit regulations or resolution of the asbestos issues could put Hanson in play....
...The company benefited because it mines in South Africa but sells gold and platinum in dollars, as does Lonmin, which was up 6.3 per cent at £10.66....
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