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Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 2012

    Former chairman Mao Xiaobing investigated for bribery; subsidiary environmental issues

    Mao Xiaobing, former chairman of Western Mining and later Xining Party secretary, was investigated in 2014 and prosecuted in 2015 for bribery and misappropriation of public funds; during his tenure at Western Mining he was suspected of benefit transfer and embezzlement of state assets; in 2012, Western Mining subsidiaries Xianghe Nonferrous and Saishitang Copper were ordered to rectify environmental problems. Mao Xiaobing was sentenced; the subsidiaries rectified.

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