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...The agency said the sustained unrest would affect investor confidence, undermine growth, and complicate fiscal management....
...They include US broker Charles Schwab, Luxembourg-based media conglomerate RTL Group, mining companies Fresnillo and MMG, Japanese advertising group Hakuhodo DY Holdings and UK construction company Galliford...
...The first phase of the $2bn project began operating in May, more than four years after the last big copper mine of similar scale, MMG’s Las Bambas, in Peru, came online....
...The appointment of Mr Lamont, who previously worked for BHP in its energy, coal and carbon steel materials businesses, and for MMG, the Hong Kong-listed arm of China’s Minmetals, is the second big management...
...This is a substantial change and for the first time aligns shareholder with management interests....
...The sale to a consortium led by MMG, a subsidiary of state-owned Minmetals, is one of the largest acquisitions of mining assets by China....
...“Certainly when you compare it to other metals, I would say the outlook for zinc is one of the most constructive,” says George Cheveley, a metals and mining portfolio for Investec Asset Management....
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