一家与南非亿万富翁帕特里斯·莫特斯佩相关联的公司表示，坦桑尼亚法院驳回了普拉集团有限责任公司针对他及其关联公司提起的长期诉讼，普拉曾要求赔偿1.95亿美元。
A company linked to South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe said a Tanzanian court struck out a long-running case brought by Pula Group LLC against him and affiliated firms in which Pula sought $195 million in damages.
非洲彩虹矿业有限公司周三在一份声明中表示，该裁决是在10月9日由高等法院作出的。
The High Court made the ruling on Oct. 9, African Rainbow Minerals Ltd. said in a statement Wednesday.
“非洲彩虹矿业欢迎此判决，”声明称。“非洲彩虹矿业一直认为普拉的索赔毫无根据且是捏造的。”普拉及其坦桑尼亚子公司曾起诉莫特斯佩及其关联公司——非洲彩虹矿业有限公司、非洲彩虹资本投资有限公司和ARCH可持续资源GPCO有限公司——称其在投资澳大利亚进化能源矿业有限公司时 allegedly 违反了禁止竞争条款，而该公司的奇亚洛项目位于普拉石墨项目旁边，这一点据法院文件所示。
“ARM welcomes the judgement,” it said. “ARM has always viewed the Pula claim to be unfounded and fabricated.”Pula and its Tanzanian unit sued Motsepe and his associate firms — African Rainbow Minerals Ltd., African Rainbow Capital Investments Ltd. and ARCH Sustainable Resources GPCO Ltd. — for allegedly breaching a non-compete contract when it invested in Australia’s Evolution Energy Minerals Ltd., whose Chilalo project is located next to Pula’s graphite project, according to court documents.
法官F.M.米林多在8月7日的判决中首次因普拉未将他视为必要当事人的进化公司列为共同被告而将该案从案卷中撤除。他未确定保密合同是否被违反，也未判赔任何损害赔偿。
Judge F.M. Mirindo first struck the case off the roll in an Aug. 7 judgment because Pula didn’t join Evolution companies he considered necessary parties. He didn’t determine if the confidentiality contract was breached and didn’t award any damages.
普拉随后于8月24日提交了上诉通知，称其“对坦桑尼亚联合共和国高等法院的决定表示不满”，并且该集团“就该决定的全部内容提出上诉”。
Pula subsequently filed a notice of appeal on Aug. 24, saying it “was dissatisfied with the decision of the High Court of the United Republic of Tanzania” and that the group appealed “against the whole of that decision.”