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Mining Charter III: certainty, but at a cost
The Broad-Based Socio-Economic Empowerment Charter for the Mining and Minerals Industry, 2018 (Mining Charter III or the Charter) came into force on …
Publication of Mining Charter III
While many of the provisions of the 2018 Mining Charter (Charter) remain largely unchanged from the previous draft, there have been important changes to …
Tanzania's new integrity pledge for mining companies: does it meet international best practice?
Since July 2017, the Government of Tanzania has introduced significant regulatory reforms to the mining industry (as well as the nascent upstream oil and …
Getting the deal through: Mining 2018 (South Africa Chapter)
The mining industry has historically been a key driver of the South African economy. Economic activity in modern-day Soth Africa has been centered on …
South Africa: Mining Charter III
On 15 June 2018, exactly a year after the ill-fated version of his predecessor, the new Minister of Mineral Resources (“the Minister”), Gwede Mantashe, …
Mining Charter III: Better but still bad
More than R50 billion of the market value of mining company shares listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange was wiped out in the days immediately …
Heightened Risk? Resource nationalism on the rise in sub-Saharan Africa
The seemingly increasing trend towards nationalist thinking, combined with and likely driven by growing economic inequality, has resulted in several …
Flawed mining bill must be replaced by a more investor-friendly version
Among changes needed, administrative discretion should be narrowed and time-frames for decisions tightened. In the six-and-a-half years since the first …
Upheaval and uncertainty in mineral regulation in key African mining jurisdictions
Resurgence of resource nationalism highlights the importance of investment treaty protectionsThe last year has seen significant changes to mineral …
The Democratic Republic of Congo's Revised Mining Code
Introduction On 9 March 2018, President Joseph Kabila signed into law significant changes to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (“DRC”) mining code (the …
Update: Reviewed Mining Charter (2017)
On 14 July 2017, the Chamber of Mines ("the Chamber") released a media statement advising that the Minister of Mineral Resources had given a written …
South African mining industry blindsided by Mining Charter III
Much controversy has surrounded the Reviewed Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Charter for the South African Mining Industry (“Mining Charter III”). …
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