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UPDATE 1-Maaden signs $1.5 bln aluminium refinery contract

JEDDAH, May 27 - Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden) has awarded a $1.5 billion contract to South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. to build an aluminium refinery in the kingdom, a bourse statement said on Sunday.

2:43pm BST

Maaden signs $1.5 bln aluminium refinery contract

DUBAI, May 27 - Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden) has signed a $1.5 billion contract with Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. to build an aluminium refinery in the kingdom's Eastern Province, a bourse statement said on Sunday.

2:12pm BST

UPDATE 1-Afghan road lifelines blocked by graft, kickbacks

KABUL, May 27 - When the Afghan government unveiled plans for a road linking his small village to larger centres elsewhere, Rahmanullah was so enthusiastic he offered a section of his farm for the route, thinking it would help move his produce to larger markets.

11:13am BST

Glencore to lay out Xstrata merger plans

* Glencore unlikely to increase offer in circular - analysts

10:30am BST

Bodies of 10 illegal diamond miners found in S.Africa

JOHANNESBURG, May 27 - The bodies of 10 illegal diamond miners were pulled from a disused mine in South Africa's Northern Cape province, diamond giant De Beers said late on Saturday.

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