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ArcelorMittal to cough up $150m in damages

Dakar - Arcelormittal has agreed to pay Senegal $150m in cash as damages to settle a dispute with the West African nation over the failed Faleme mine deal, Senegal's government spokesperson said on Friday.

Senegal had been seeking $750m in damages after winning a case at the International Chamber of Commerce's arbitration court in Paris.

The court ruled in September that Senegal was within its rights to cancel the 2007 deal due to long delays.

Abdoul Latif Coulibaly, Senegal's minister for good governance and government spokesperson, told Reuters that the company had agreed to settle the claim after negotiations.

He said ArcelorMittal would also hand over the equivalent of $50m worth of research on the site to its next operator.

A spokesperson for ArcelorMittal in London declined to comment.

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