Pakistan ordered to pay Antofagasta-Barrick venture $5.84bn in damages

The World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes has awarded a joint venture between London-listed Antofagasta and Toronto-listed Barrick Gold $5.84-billion in damages.

The joint venture, Tethyan Copper Company (TCC), has filed for damages against the government of Pakistan, following a denial of a mining lease for the Reko Diq project in 2011.