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Megaprojects & the Role of the Public: Germany's Embattled 'Stuttgart 21' Rail Project
Varley, Pamela; Mayne, QuintonCase HBS-KS1130-EEconomicsIn February 2010, Germany's national railway broke ground on a project that had been under negotiation for more than 20 years-the Stuttgart segment of the European Magistrale, a 930-mile cross-Europe high-speed rail line that would one day extend from Paris through Munich and Vienna to Budapest and Bratislava. At long last, the German national railway, the state of Baden-W rttemberg, and the city of Stuttgart had come to agreement on the routing...Starting at €8.20
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Rio Tinto and Mining in Mongolia: The Oyu Tolgoi Deposit
Werker, Eric; Batbold, Battushig; Kennedy, Kelsey; McComish, Zanna; Savla, Shaloo; Shomair, NicoleCase HBS-714018-EEconomicsIn 2013, Rio Tinto was expected to begin commercial shipments from Oyu Tolgoi, a copper and gold mine in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia. Oyu Tolgoi was one of the last great unmined deposits in the world, and, once operations were in full swing, was expected to constitute around a tenth of Rio Tinto's profits and over a quarter of Mongolia's GDP. But the terms of the deal were being threatened by elections in Mongolian and a change in voter sentimen...Starting at €8.20