SailingStone Capital, the second largest shareholder in Rio Tinto- controlled Turquoise Hill is expected to vote against the re-election of the Canadian miner’s board members this week.
A trade war between the United States and China is depressing the price of copper and the red metal would be 5% to 15% higher without the dispute, Jean-Paul Luksic told El Mercurio.
The property has geologic features that are analogous to the giant Udokan development project in Russia, which is the largest undeveloped copper project in the world.