Canadian and UK companies go head-to-head over deal

The “spat” between two foreign mining outfits, over which  should control one of DR Congo’s most important copper lodes, has escalated – to the point that one of them is taking the other to court. Siding with London-listed Kazakhistan-based ENRC is the Congolese government, which has now effectively nationalised the project.

Meanwhile , the aggrieved party, Canada’s First Quantum, has protested to the UK’s Financial Services Authority, calling for an independent review. The company also accuses two of ENRC’s high-profile British non-executive directors of failing to exercise due diligence over the deal.

See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=10368.