Trump Tower Kaveladze Stillwater Mining Golden Touch

"What I see here is another Russian witch hunt in the United States,” he told The New York Times."----

In 2000, the Government Accountability Office alleged that Kaveladze was a central figure in a massive money laundering scheme for Russian brokers.


In 2003, the Russian mining company Norilsk Nickel nominated Kaveladze to the board of the Stillwater Mining Co. in the United States, which it planned to acquire.

 But Kaveladze turned down the nomination “for personal reasons,” according to The Mining Journal.


One year later, according to his LinkedIn page, he joined the Crocus Group.  The Crocus Group is run by Aras Agalarov, a Russian billionaire who met Trump in Moscow during the 2013 Miss Universe pageant. 

Kaveladze can be spotted in one photo from the time with Trump and the Agalarovs at a private dinner.
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"Durban, South Africa - Some 955 gold miners were rescued on Friday morning after being trapped underground for more than 24 hours following a power cut.

They resurfaced unharmed, but some were suffering from dehydration and blood pressure issues.

They had been stuck a kilometre underground at the Sibanye Stillwater Beatrix Mine in Welkom for two nights and were finally rescued when the power returned to the mine."

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/02/south-africa-unions-demand-answers-miners-trapped-180202081631508.html
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/02/south-africa-unions-demand-answers-miners-trapped-180202081631508.html