Madagascar, Mozambique
Rio Tinto plays Maputo off against Antananarivo

As Antananarivo seeks to maximise its tax revenues from QMM, the ilmenite production arm of Rio Tinto, the mining giant is preparing to get its Mutamba project in Mozambique off the ground. It is a signal to the Madagascan authorities that it has an alternative, should the tax negotiations fall through. [...]
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