Zijin’s Dispute with AVZ Over Manono Project Stake Heads to DRC Court
A legal dispute between a subsidiary of Zijin Mining, a Chinese mining giant, and Australia’s AVZ Minerals over a stake in the Manono lithium-and-tin project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will now be adjudicated by a DRC court, following a decision by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Court of Arbitration. Zijin Mining announced today that the ICC has ruled it lacks jurisdiction to hear the case between Jincheng Mining and AVZ, based in Fujian province. The dispute arose after AVZ failed to recognize Zijin Mining’s acquisition of…
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