Pakistan welcomes negotiated settlement in Reko Diq mine ruling
(WorldNews Pakistan)

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Sunday it welcomed a statement by Tethyan Copper expressing willingness for a negotiated settlement after a World Bank tribunal ordered the government to pay $5.8 billion (Dh21.3 billion) in damages in a dispute over the Reko Diq copper mine. The statement from the attorney general´s office came after a World Bank arbitration court ruled in favour of Tethyan Copper, a joint venture between Chile´s Antofagasta Plc and Canada´s Barrick Gold, in a dispute over a lease to the mine, located in a remote area of southwestern Pakistan....