For years, Romania’s traditional mining communities have struggled to find work in their local communities, following the closure of the majority of the country’s mines in the late 90’s and early 2000’s.
Had workers on strike, they would have affected the construction a the water management system, which is the main condition imposed by Chilean authorities to allow Barrick restart work at the mine.
Exploration companies operating in the Asian nation have become collateral damage in a criminal case involving former senior government employees at Mongolia's mining regulator.
