The venture, jointly owned by Vale and BHP, has already reached an agreement with the regulator and could get formal permission to operate as soon as mid-September.
Venezuela could lose its largest U.S. asset after a court allowed Crystallex to seize shares of Citgo Petroleum Corp.’s parent to satisfy an arbitration award.
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