Well, it hasn't worked so far. Maybe it will in future, but time is running out. I don't think arbitration was the one and only choice. AVZ could have tried selling the project, doing a joint venture with Zijin or someone else, paying a larger "consulting" fee, etc.
Other foreign companies have got MLs and now have working mines in DRC, so it is possible without arbitration.
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