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Beny Steinmetz: what consequences will end of fight against Soros have for Vale battle?

Businessman Beny Steinmetz. © EPA/Salvatore Di Nolfi

The action brought by BSGR against George Soros, which has now been voluntarily abandoned, was a key element in Beny Steinmetz's legal strategy against Vale. [...]

Published on 10/11/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Beny Steinmetz's group tries to appeal in Paris over Simandou iron arbitration

After losing to the Guinean state, which it accuses of expropriation, the Franco-Israeli billionaire's company, Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR), is seeking to overturn the decision of the World Bank arbitration tribunal. It is invoking the out-of-court settlement obtained by Nicolas Sarkozy in 2019.

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Vale contests BSGR's new counsel in $2bn Simandou iron ore battle

After starting a trial in the US to demonstrate that its former partner on the Simandou iron ore project, Beny Steinmetz, had fraudulently invested funds in New York property, the Brazilian mining group Vale believes its opponent's new lawyer has been picked to undermine the proceedings.

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BSGR and Vale continue Simandou war by other means

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Beny Steinmetz and George Soros' Simandou sparring match gets technical

Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz and American billionaire philanthropist George Soros have both come out all guns blazing to have their interpretation of the law accepted in their court battle over Simandou, which restarted recently in the US.

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Vale goes after property magnates Ziel Feldman and Rene Benko to secure compensation from BSGR over Simandou iron ore

The Brazilian firm Vale has filed a legal action seeking to establish if part of the funds that it paid to Beny Steinmetz's company within the framework of their Simandou iron ore partnership in Guinea was used for property investments in the United States.

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Since Franco-Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz's court battle against American billionaire George Soros, was announced mid-April with a resounding thunder clap, scarce more detail has come to light. Behind the scenes, however, the two men have continued to reveal the [.

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Guinea Beny Steinmetz and George Soros' Simandou sparring match gets technical

Spotlight | Guinea Vale goes after property magnates Ziel Feldman and Rene Benko to secure compensation from BSGR over Simandou iron ore

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Guinea
Beny Steinmetz: what consequences will end of fight against Soros have for Vale battle?

Ghana
The secrets of Open Society's African network seeking to secure the restitution of looted heritage

Guinea
Beny Steinmetz's group tries to appeal in Paris over Simandou iron arbitration

Spotlight | Guinea
Vale contests BSGR's new counsel in $2bn Simandou iron ore battle

Guinea
BSGR and Vale continue Simandou war by other means

Guinea
Simandou: Beny Steinmetz gambling on ICSID in his case against George Soros

Guinea
Beny Steinmetz and George Soros' Simandou sparring match gets technical

Spotlight | Guinea
Vale goes after property magnates Ziel Feldman and Rene Benko to secure compensation from BSGR over Simandou iron ore

Spotlight | Guinea
Steinmetz and Soros' Simandou duel still raging