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Significant recent changes to Tanzania's mineral law regime
On Monday 10 July 2017, Tanzanian President John Magufuli assented to three new laws which significantly increase Government control over mining, oil and …
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”). …
Investing in Sierra Leone
Herbert Smith Freehills, Standard Chartered and Prudential plc are delighted to have worked together to produce this Investor Guide for Sierra Leone …
African mining has vision and map for growth — now it needs investors
Private sector compact to be spelled out as region seeks to build transformative extractive industries, writes Peter Leon.At the Mining Indaba in 2016, …
International Criminal Court to prosecute business and human rights
In what many NGOs are calling a warning shot to company executives and investors, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has indicated it will prioritise …
Survey: Corporates taking action on human rights
Businesses across the globe are increasingly putting human rights on their agenda, with a joint survey between Herbert Smith Freehills and Legal Business …
Herbert Smith Freehills advises CMOC on the acquisition of Freeport's indirect 56% interest in Tenke Fungurume for US$2.65 billion
On 9 May 2016 China Molybdenum Co., Ltd (“CMOC”) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary CMOC Limited has entered into a definitive agreement with …
Class action tourism on the rise
"Class Action Tourism" is a trend for litigation that we are seeing becomingly increasingly prevalent. It involves a claim by a number of individuals …
Paris Agreement
In brief 195 nations at the United Nations climate change conference in Paris (COP21) have reached an agreement on action to avoid and address climate …
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