Rio Tinto yakati neChitatu inoronga kubhadhara US$3.1 bhiriyoni mumari, kana kuti C $40 pachikamu chimwe chete, pachikamu che49 percent chekambani yemugodhi yekuCanada yeTurquoise Mountain Resources.Turquoise Mountain Resources yakawedzera 25% neChitatu panhau, kuwana kwayo kukuru kwemukati kubva munaKurume.

Chikumbiro ichi chakakwira madhora mazana mana emamiriyoni emadhora pane yakambopihwa madhora mazana maviri nemazana manomwe emadhora kubva kuRio Tinto, iyo yakarambwa neTurquoise Hill Resources svondo rapfuura, ichiti haina kuratidza kukosha kwayo kwenguva refu.

Muna Kurume, Rio yakazivisa bhidhiyo yeUS $ 2.7 bhiriyoni, kana C $ 34 mugove, ye49 muzana yeTurquoise Mountain yakanga isati yatova yavo, iyo 32 muzana yemutengo wayo wekugovana panguva iyoyo.Turquoise Hill yakagadza komiti yakakosha kuti iongorore kupihwa kweRio.

Rio inotova muridzi we51% yeTurquoise Hill uye iri kutsvaga yasara 49% kuti iwane humwe hutongi hweOyuTolgoi mhangura negoridhe mugodhi.Turquoise Mountain ine makumi matanhatu nenhanhatu muzana eOyu Tolgoi, imwe yemigodhi yemhangura negoridhe mikuru pasi rose, muKhanbaogd County mudunhu reMongolia kuSouth Gobi, pamwe nemamwe achidzorwa nehurumende yeMongolia.

"Rio Tinto ine chivimbo chekuti chipo ichi hachingopi kukosha kwakazara uye kwakaringana kuTurquoise Hill asiwo kune zvakanakira vese vane chekuita apo tinoenderera mberi naOyu Tolgoi," Jakob Stausholm, mukuru weRio akadaro neChitatu.

Rio yakawana chibvumirano nehurumende yeMongolia pakutanga kwegore rino iyo yakabvumira kuwedzera kwakanonoka kwenguva refu kweOyu Tolgoi kuti itangezve mushure mekubvumirana kubvisa $ 2.4bn muchikwereti chehurumende.Kana chikamu chepasi pevhu cheOyu Tolgoi chapedzwa, chinotarisirwa kuve mugodhi wemhangura mukuru wechina pasi rose, neTurquoise Mountain nevamwe vayo pakupedzisira vachivavarira kugadzira anopfuura mazana mashanu ematani emhangura pagore.

Kubva pakaparara zvinhu pakati pemakore gumi adarika, indasitiri yezvicherwa yanga ichityira kuwana mapurojekiti makuru ezvicherwa.Izvozvi zviri kuchinja, zvisinei, apo nyika inoshanduka kuita simba regirinhi, hofori dzemigodhi dzichiwedzera kutarisana nesimbi dzakasvibira semhangura.

Kutanga mwedzi uno, BHP Billiton, hofori yezvicherwa pasi rose, yakarambira mari yayakaita mabhiriyoni mashanu nemazana masere emadhora kuti iwane mucheri wecopper OzMinerals nechikonzero chekuti zvakare yaive yakadzikira.