Wagner Group linked to $2.5 billion in illicit gold trading – report
Globally, artisanal and small-scale gold mining accounts for about 20% of annual gold production.
Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer, will seek to sell bonds within 12 months to help finance a record $4 billion investment in its Chilean mines next year, Chief Executive Officer Diego Hernandez said.
The state-owned copper company probably will raise part of the investment in U.S. dollar-denominated bonds as well as using amortization and retention of profits, Hernandez said in an interview in Bloomberg’s Santiago office yesterday.
