克萊夫•帕爾默(Clive Palmer)旗下一家公司已采取措施,，將終止中國中信(Citic)在澳大利亞數(shù)十億美元的中澳鐵礦項目(Sino Iron Project)的采礦權(quán),。帕爾默是澳洲的礦業(yè)大亨,，也是澳洲議員,。
帕爾默旗下公司Mineralogy周五向中信集團發(fā)出法律通知書,，標志著這一陷入困境的鐵礦石項目的合作方之間的爭議日益激烈,。中信集團最近將資本全部注入子公司中信泰富（Citic Pacific）。
帕爾默表示：“這是一個價值100億澳元的項目,，他們未支付專利費,，并且在把價值超過2億美元的產(chǎn)品運往中國，卻沒有為此付費,。”
中信是中國最大的國有綜合企業(yè)之一,，2006年，該公司與擁有該項目鐵礦石采礦權(quán)的Mineralogy達成協(xié)議,，合作開發(fā)一個價值20億美元的鐵礦石礦,。
受較高的勞動力成本及鐵礦石加工流程的復(fù)雜性影響，該項目成本擴大至80億美元。
在向香港證交所提交的一份聲明中,，中信表示,，將于周五向西澳高等法院申請禁止令，制止 Mineralogy用自己發(fā)出的通知來中止中信方面的采礦權(quán),。
中信表示：“過去兩年中,，因Mineralogy發(fā)出違約及終止采礦權(quán)通知書一事，已經(jīng)三度與法院交涉,。”
中信表示,，已向Mineralogy支付了4.15億美元以取得在中澳鐵礦項目的開采權(quán)，并支付了所有應(yīng)付的專利費,。
中信最近針對帕爾默提起法律訴訟,，帕爾默去年被選為澳大利亞議會議員，通過他所在的“帕爾默團結(jié)黨”(Palmer United Party)影響澳大利亞參議院的權(quán)力,。
中信指控這位礦業(yè)大亨通過Mineralogy非法利用1200萬美元為他的競選活動融資,。
帕爾默否認這些指控。他周五告訴美國廣播公司(ABC)無線電臺,，中信的指控是“無中生有,，就像《愛麗絲夢游仙境》，媒體可以借題發(fā)揮”,。他隨即掛斷了采訪者電話,。
上月，帕爾默曾在中澳之間掀起了一場外交風(fēng)波,，當時他在澳大利亞國家電視臺發(fā)布了一篇針對中國人的長篇演說,，稱中國人是射殺自己人的“混蛋”。
Clive Palmer steps up battle with China’s Citic

A company owned by Clive Palmer, the mining tycoon turned lawmaker, has moved to terminate the mining rights of China’s Citic at its multibillion dollar Sino Iron project in Australia.
Mr Palmer’s company Mineralogy on Friday served a legal notice against Citic – until recently known as Citic Pacific – marking the latest development in an increasingly bitter dispute between the partners in the troubled iron ore project.
“This is a A$10bn project involving many hundreds of millions of dollars, they’ve failed to pay their royalties to us and they’ve shipped more than $200m worth of product to China and not paid for it,” said Mr Palmer.
Citic, one of China’s largest state-owned conglomerates, agreed a deal in 2006 with Mineralogy, which owns the rights to the ore deposits, to develop a US$2bn mine.
But the project has been hit by high labour costs and complexities involved in processing the magnetite ore, causing its costs to blow out to US$8bn.
In a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Citic said it would seek an injunction in the supreme court of Western Australia on Friday to restrain Mineralogy from relying on the notice to terminate its mining rights.
“Mineralogy has been restrained by the court or has undertaken to the court not to rely on several default and termination notices on three separate occasions over the past two years,” said Citic.
The company said it had paid US$415m to Mineralogy to acquire its rights at the Sino Iron project and all the royalties owed to the company.
The Chinese company recently launched a legal action against Mr Palmer, who was elected to parliament last year and holds the balance of power in the Senate through his Palmer United party.
Citic has accused the mining magnate of misusing $12m through his company Mineralogy to finance his election campaign.
Mr Palmer denies the allegations. He told ABC radio on Friday that Citic’s claims were “just a made-up story like Alice in Wonderland that the press can run”. He then abruptly hung up the phone on the interviewer.
Last month Mr Palmer prompted a diplomatic incident between Australia and China when he launched a tirade against the Chinese on national television, labelling them “bastards” and “mongrels” who shoot their own citizens.