Global mining group Xstrata, which has coal and alloys operations in South Africa, on Wednesday confirmed that its US$2bn Tampakan copper and gold mining project in the Philippines had been raided and two buildings had been torched.
Communist rebels representing the New People's Army claimed responsibility for the raid, saying its singular objective was "punishing the giant Swiss mining firm for land grabbing, plunder and environmental destruction".
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