Chapter 1: Mining, Resources, and Development -- Chapter 2: Economics of Mining and Accumulation of resources -- Chapter 3: Government for Mining Industries! Legislative to Institutional support -- Chapter 4: How Government Facilitates Private Mining Capital: The story of POSCO and JSW in Odisha...

In 1980, the Federal Mining Act was introduced to govern the use of the German subsurface. By paying royalties, companies can get permission to exploit resources. Yet, there is no official report breaking down the payments for hydrocarbons and lignite, in particular regarding the effectively...

A large mining project has the potential to be a partner in assisting local communities in their development efforts. Communities located in close proximity to a large mine have every right to expect that the project will benefit their community. Often, reality falls short of their expectations...

In the age of development, governments try to enhance their status among the developed countries through making short-term and long-term policies and executing programs that accomplish those policies. Given that the natural resources, environment, and mines are of the most important elements for...

Global challenges for innovation in the mining industries / Alica Daly, David Humphreys, Julio D. Raffo, and Giulia Valacchi -- Recent trends of innovation in the mining sector / Alica Daly, Giulia Valacchi, and Julio Raffo -- Mining foreign direct investments and local technological spillovers...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- PART I: Mining Laws and Policies in Selected African Countries -- Chapter 2: Democratic Republic of Congo -- Chapter 3: Ghana -- Chapter 4: Mozambique -- Chapter 5: South Africa I -- Chapter 6: South Africa II -- Chapter 7: South Africa III -- PART II: Regional...

People have been digging in the ground for useful minerals for thousands of years. Mineral materials are the foundation of modern industrial society. As the global population grows and standards of living in emerging and developing countries rises, the demand for mineral products is increasing....

Introduction / Lorraine DeGerminy, Joachim Knoll and Timothy Foden -- Third-party funding in international arbitration - current status, development and cases involving mining disputes / Boris Biksadský, Stefano Paolo Catelani, Vernon T. Nava -- The global natural resources dispute resolution...

A large mining project has the potential to be a partner in assisting local communities in their development efforts. Communities located in close proximity to a large mine have every right to expect that the project will benefit their community. Often, reality falls short of their expectations...

Australia’s current regulatory framework concerning energy use and production reflects a strong policy commitment to the development of the coal seam gas (CSG) industry. CSG is likely to play a greater role in domestic energy production and as an export in the form of liquefied natural gas....

This paper offers an analysis of the new allocation of burdens and benefits in the use of public lands as contemplated by the proposed legislation. In Part III, I discuss the acquisition of property rights under the General Mining Law of 1872. In Part IV, the theory of property in general is...

The Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002 has elicited controversy surrounding the ownership of unsevered minerals. This contribution discusses the opinions of various authors against the background of well-defined common law principles. The state’s role as custodian and...

Prevailing patterns of mining policy, as well as of mining legislation, regulation and contractual arrangements, are undergoing intense scrutiny faced with society's changing values and expectations on the contribution of mining to sustainable development. In reflecting on future directions,...

Mineral sector regulatory and fiscal systems have been undergoing major reforms across the globe. This book focuses on information and analysis relating to mineral royalties. It provides a general discussion of the concepts behind mining taxation, a guide to royalties, examples of royalty...

Mineral sector regulatory and fiscal systems have been undergoing major reforms across the globe. This book focuses on information and analysis relating to mineral royalties. It provides a general discussion of the concepts behind mining taxation, a guide to royalties, examples of royalty...

The mineral potential of West Africa has been the impetus for foreign direct investment (FDI) in the sub-region. In a bid to strengthen FDI flow, the World Bank, following the collapse of public-controlled enterprises, recommended economic policies, which favoured the foreign investors and...

A government bargains a mutually convenient agreement with a multinational corporation to extract a natural resource. The corporation bears the initial investment and earns as a return a share on the profits. The host country provides access and guarantee conditions of operation. Being the...

A government bargains a mutually convenient agreement with a multinational corporation to extract a natural resource. The corporation bears the initial investment and earns as a return a share on the profits. The host country provides access and guarantee conditions of operation. Being the...

Intro -- Contents -- Summary -- 1. Background -- 1.1 Focus, limitations and organisation of study -- 2. Comparative review of legal frameworks in the Nordic countries -- 2.1 Mineral and mining laws -- 2.2 Other relevant legislation -- 3. Individual country mining and mineral legislation review...