Rio Tinto to を引き渡す diamond 地雷 to central Indian 明言する/公表する

NEW DELHI (AP) ― The Rio Tinto group has decided to を引き渡す a diamond 地雷 to the central Indian 明言する/公表する of Madhya Pradesh where the 事業/計画(する) is 位置を示すd, the company said Tuesday.

Work at the 採掘 巨大(な)'s Bunder diamond 地雷 stopped last year when the company 発表するd that it would end the 事業/計画(する) to 削減(する) costs and 保存する cash.

開発 of the 地雷 would have cost the company around $330 million.

手渡すing over the 地雷 and 器具/備品 to the Madhya Pradesh 政府 will help the 明言する/公表する 一括 the 資産s if it decides to auction the mineral 権利s, Rio Tinto said in a 声明.

"Our 出口 from Bunder is the 最新の example of Rio Tinto 簡素化するing its 資産 大臣の地位. It 簡単にするs our 商売/仕事, 許すing us to 焦点(を合わせる) on our world-class 資産s," Arnaud Soirat, Rio Tinto 巡査 & Diamonds 長,指導者 (n)役員/(a)執行力のある, said in the 声明.

"Rio Tinto has long and 耐えるing 関係 with India and we continue to see the nation as an important market for our metals and minerals and as a 重要な 中心 for Rio Tinto's 商売/仕事 services," he said.

The company said the Madhya Pradesh 政府 調印するd an order in January 受託するing 所有権 of the 地雷 and taking 責任/義務 for its 資産s.

Australia-based Rio Tinto discovered the diamond deposits in 2004 and 調印するd an 協定 to develop the 地雷 in 2010.

Rio Tinto has strong 関係 with the Indian diamond 産業. It says it 雇うs more than 250,000 Indian diamond 切断機,沿岸警備艇s and polishers for 過程ing its diamonds.

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