BHP plans ‘baby steps’ return to commodities trading to cut transaction risk

Decision follows an inspection that showed the company did not have all the necessary land permits.

In recent years the country has seen a mining boom drive outstanding economic growth, but wealth gap and pollution concerns are changing the country's view towards foreign resource firms.

Looking for copper and gold assets.

Board warns this is the best deal for shareholders.

New York-traded copper prices fell by as much as 3.3% earlier in the session, hitting a daily low of $2.994 a pound.

Regardless of who is elected, analysts agree that Rio's Oyu Tolgoi, the largest foreign investment in Mongolia, will be the first and main target for the new president.

Demand is expanding more rapidly than the country's economic might.

Report singled them out as the main cause of human rights abuses in the country, particularly in Katanga, Congo's copper belt province.

"Permission has been granted to begin milling and open pit operations but not yet for underground operations."