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Australian gold miner makes $443 million claim in international court
Cassius filed its claim two years after an investigation revealed a Chinese mining company had plundered tens of millions of dollars in gold from its veins.
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Edward Adeti
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‘A bunch of pirates who are here to loot’: New claims against Chinese miner
The Chinese miner at the centre of a $395 million lawsuit by an Australian company has been accused of trespassing on another miner’s land.
- by Edward Adeti and Eryk Bagshaw
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Blood gold: Soldiers in Ghana kick residents out of homes near disputed China-owned mine
Residents who had planned to organise a press conference this week to outline their concerns about the Shaanxi expansion have been arrested.
- by Edward Adeti and Eryk Bagshaw
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Inside the secret and deadly Chinese heist of millions in gold from an Australian mine
Ghana to probe Australian mine theft, question Shaanxi officials
Our Blood Gold year-long investigation has prompted the Ghanaian Minerals Commission to investigate corruption and murder allegations against a Chinese state-linked company.
- by Peter Milne, Eryk Bagshaw and Edward Adeti
Australian minister to fly to Africa as local leader labels Chinese mine ‘bloodthirsty’
The deadly multimillion-dollar dispute between an Australian and a Chinese state-linked gold mine in Ghana is reaching a tipping point.
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Edward Adeti
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