Rio Tinto is delaying an event to mark first exports from the $6.2 billion Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia, as it awaits final clearance from the government, sources familiar with the situation said on Thursday. Reuters and traders had been invited to a ceremony on June 14 at the site in Mongolia’s South Gobi Desert to witness the first exports from the copper and gold mine to China, but were informed late on Wednesday the trip was off. Oyu Tolgoi LLC said nothing had changed from previous statements that it was expecting first exports before the end of June. Rio Tinto declined to comment.
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