Mongolia's massive Oyu Tolgoi mine begins copper shipments - UPI.com: "ULAN BATOR, Mongolia, July 9 (UPI) -- Mining giant Rio Tinto's $6.2 billion copper and gold Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia has started to ship copper concentrate to customers, the company said.
The first copper concentrate was produced at the mine in January and Rio Tinto had projected commercial output to begin by the end of last month, but the company and the government had disagreements over costs and financing, The Wall Street Journal reports."
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