DOG OF A DEAL FINDS MASTER – LEAK OF PROPOSED ALROSA SALE OF RUSSIAN DIAMOND MINE STAKE TO RIO TINTO
By John Helmer, Moscow A Moscow newspaper claims today to have seen a document confirming that Russia’s diamond-mining monopoly Alrosa is trying to sell a 50% stake in the Lomonosov diamond field to Rio Tinto, the Anglo-Australian mining company based in London. Alrosa is the largest producer of diamonds in the world at present; Rio […]
