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Aug
A Chinese mining company has revealed that it lost 12kg (26lbs) of gold – worth US$900,000 – in an armed robbery in Ghana earlier this year. Shenzhen-listed gold mining firm Beijing Xiaocheng Technology Stock Co disclosed in its half-year financial report released on Wednesday that “five to six” suspects had been arrested and detained at a police station in Ghana. Security agencies in the West African nation were “still searching for the whereabouts of the gold”, according to the company. Africa has been a major investment destination for Chinese companies seeking minerals and resources overseas, but there are growing concerns…