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Canadian miners can take Kazakhstan to court for seized assets, rules tribunal
Mining | 1-Feb-2016
Eligible Canadian investors with property confiscated by the government of Kazakhstan are now legally entitled to international arbitration under the Canada/USSR BIT.
keywords: Canada , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Kazakhstan , mining
Canadian mining company reorganizes to seek damages from Costa Rica
Tico Times | 21-Jan-2016
Infinito announced that it has secured funding from a lender to continue pursuing damages stemming from Costa Rica’s cancellation of the firm’s gold mining concession in 2011.
keywords: Canada , Costa Rica , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining
Bauxite mining moratorium could land Malaysia in trouble under TPP, says law professor
The Malaysian Insider | 11-Jan-2016
The Malaysian government could be sued by foreign corporations if it intervened in their business activities under the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement.
keywords: CPTPP , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Malaysia , mining
American mining giant escaped Indonesian law with ISDS
IPS | 30-Dec-2015
American mining corporation Newmont escaped the domestic processing requirement from Indonesia’s 2009 Mining Law. It achieved this by using a clause in a Dutch investment treaty.
keywords: Indonesia , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , mining
American mining giant escaped Indonesian law with ISDS
http://www.ipsnews.net/2015/12/amer... | 29-Dec-2015
American mining corporation Newmont escaped the domestic processing requirement from Indonesia’s 2009 Mining Law. It achieved this by using a clause in a Dutch investment treaty.
keywords: corporate interests , Indonesia , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Netherlands , US
Canadian companies behaving badly
Now | 11-Dec-2015
Mining sins in poor countries are likely to get worse under Trans-Pacific Partnership.
keywords: Canada , CPTPP , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining
Edgewater responds to Galician Government statements concerning its mining concessions at the Corcoesto Gold Project, Spain
Market Wired | 27-Oct-2015
Edgewater and Corcoesto intend to exercise all available remedies to protect the rights and the interests of their shareholders, including international arbitration.
keywords: Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining
Los canadienses exigen a España una indemnización millonaria por la mina de oro de Corcoesto
Público | 26-Oct-2015
La Xunta retiró a la multinacional Edgewater los derechos sobre la explotación gallega por falta de solvencia. La empresa amenaza con recurrir a un tribunal de arbitraje.
keywords: Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining
Corporate rights in trade agreements: Attacking the environment and community values
Sierra Club | 18-Oct-2015
A private trade tribunal ruled that Canada violated rules in NAFTA because of an environmental impact assessment that led Canada to reject a company’s controversial mining project from moving forward in an important cultural and ecological area in Nova Scotia.
keywords: Canada , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , NAFTA | USMCA , US
Murray Rankin v. Canada
Focus Online | 30-Sep-2015
Rankin acted on behalf of an American mining corporation in its successful bid to sue Canada using NAFTA.
keywords: Canada , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , NAFTA | USMCA