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India, Gabon discuss bilateral trade, investment
29-Nov-2018 SME Times
Gabon has shown interest in entering into a Bilateral Investment Treaty with India. Gabon has the 6th largest reserves of Manganese in the world. Gabon is also making efforts to attract investment from India in construction of railway lines in key mining clusters.
Venezuela pays miner $425 million in move to safeguard Citgo
27-Nov-2018 Bloomberg
Venezuela made an partial payment of a settlement designed to resolve a $1.2 billion arbitration award to a bankrupt Canadian gold miner that’s laying claim to the assets of the parent of refiner Citgo Holding Inc. if it’s not paid in full.
Abritration Court awards South American Silver $28 million for Malku Khota in Bolivia
26-Nov-2018 Mining.com
The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration has awarded South American Silver $18.7 million for amounts invested and another $9 million in interest for its Malku Khota concession, which the Bolivian government revoked in 2012.
Miners want ISDS in Indonesia free trade agreement
2-Nov-2018 Australian Financial Review
Businesses in the mining sector and beyond insist protection for Australian investors in Indonesia is required in a free trade deal.
Kenya wins big in Ksh.200B Cortec Mining case
23-Oct-2018 Citizen Digital
A case filed by Cortec Mining Ltd and two others against the Republic of Kenya under the Kenya-UK BIT amounting to Ksh.200billion has been dismissed.
Rwanda faces suit over cancelled mining concession
16-Jul-2018 The East African
Rwanda faces an international arbitration suit filed by two American firms contesting the cancellation of their mining concession.
Australia-EU FTA an opportunity to remove tariffs on resources trade
24-May-2018 Mining Weekly
Australian mining could also benefit from reductions in Australian tariffs on European mining-related equipment and manufactures, and in European tariffs on a number of minerals and metals commodities.
Bolivia ordered to make US$49mn award to Chile’s Quiborax
24-May-2018 BN Americas
After a 14-year dispute between Quiborax and the Bolivian government, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) rejected Bolivia’s application to annul a US$48.6mn award in favor of the Chilean mining company.
Miner planning US$300mn Guatemala arbitration
24-May-2018 BN Americas
Exmingua is planning to launch arbitration proceedings against Guatemala following the suspension of its Tambor gold project.
Canada backs foreign investor rights to protect mining sector: Book
17-May-2018 Common Sense Canadian
Canada’s controversial mining sector may be the driving force behind the country’s insistence on protecting foreign investors’ rights over laws that guard its own citizens and environmental values.
Taxpayers face Sh500bn loss in case against Canadian firm
24-Apr-2018 Daily Nation
The government risks losing up to Sh500 billion in an international arbitration case against mining firm, Cortec, after it failed to provide Sh100 million in the second mini-budget to pay a UK-based law firm representing it in the case.
Three Canadian mining companies lodge ISDS disputes over Colombian mining ban
23-Apr-2018 AFTINET
Colombia’s decision to ban mining activities in the Páramos, a range of environmentally sensitive wetlands that provide approximately 70% of the country’s water supply, has so far led to three treaty-based arbitration cases.
Petroleum ISDS cases pose major threat to climate action
23-Apr-2018 AFTINET
Research shows that mining and energy industries are the most frequent users of Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanisms.
Following mining and oil tax payments down the rabbit hole
5-Mar-2018 Oxfam
How poor countries like Mongolia may be losing millions because of corporate tax practices and legal loopholes.
Argentina: Japan wants to invest in energy and mining sector, says secretary
22-Feb-2018 Interactive Investor
Argentina and Japan are moving ahead with a bilateral investment treaty.
Glencore, Randgold form group to challenge Congo law changes
19-Feb-2018 Bloomberg
Randgold is considering launching international arbitration if Congolese President gives his assent to the legislation.
Global mining firms sue Kenya for Sh334bn compensation
8-Feb-2018 Business Daily
Global mining firms want Kenya compelled to pay Sh334 billion as compensation for cancelling their licences.
Congolese mines minister mum on whether controversial new code has been made law
7-Feb-2018 Business Day
International mining companies, which include Randgold, Glencore and China Molybdenum, have said they will challenge the new law through international arbitration, and are lobbying Kabila not to sign it.
Canada begins court fight to overturn NAFTA ruling on Digby quarry
29-Jan-2018 CBC
Ruling found that New Jersey company was wrongly prevented from opening quarry and terminal.
Pakistan’s arbitration woes: sifting myth from reality
22-Jan-2018 Express Tribune
The TCC tribunal failure did not reflect an internal failure on the part of Pakistan’s state apparatus as much as it did the hegemonic nature of the global BIT regime that developing countries have been subjected to by the West.