mining
Financial Post | 22-Mar-2018
The dispute offers another example of the rising tensions between mining companies and the government leaders in cash strapped countries where they operate.
Mining Weekly | 21-Mar-2018
Junior project developer Eco Oro Minerals has filed a memorial on the merits with the World Bank’s ICSID in its arbitration case against Colombia.
Cision | 15-Mar-2018
DC court ruled in Rusoro’s favour, rejecting all of Venezuela’s defenses and holding that the award was valid and enforceable in the United States.
Descifrado | 9-Mar-2018
La pequeña minera ruso-canadiense Rusoro habría ganado una demanda de 968 millones de dólares más intereses contra Venezuela por la expropiación de sus activos en el año 2012, a manos de Hugo Chávez. Así lo dio a conocer la casa de bolsa Rendivalores a través de Twitter. La información no ha sido oficializada.
Latin America Herald Tribune | 5-Mar-2018
US Federal District Court Judge Richard J. Leon has ordered Rusoro’s $1.2 billion ICSID Expropriation award against Venezuela registered in the US.
Reuters | 21-Feb-2018
International mining companies are lobbying Kabila not to sign the new code, saying the proposed changes would discourage investment and violate existing agreements. Randgold has threatened to challenge the law through international arbitration.
Bloomberg | 19-Feb-2018
Randgold is considering launching international arbitration if Congolese President gives his assent to the legislation.
London South East | 19-Feb-2018
Churchill Mining updated the market on the progress made in its attempts to annul an international tribunal’s award against it.
La Tribune Afrique | 9-Feb-2018
Plusieurs sociétés minières internationales réclament 3,3 milliards de dollars au Kenya auprès du Centre international pour le règlement des différends relatifs aux investissements.
Express Tribune | 8-Feb-2018
As a National Accountability Bureau inquiry into alleged embezzlement in Reko Diq case remains on hold, various stakeholders made contradictory claims before the Public Accounts Committee about people who could be blamed for any corruption in the deal.
