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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

This paper provides an assessment of the mining sector and shows how it is critical for further sustainable growth in Mongolia. In 1990, Mongolia transferred from socialism to a parliamentary democracy and since then has implemented political and economic reforms that have constituted a sweeping...

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...

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...

The conservative Petre P. Carp became famous in Romania’s modern age in several ways: as a doctrinarian, as a diplomat and as a man of letters. However, he was also one of the most important lawmakers in small Romania and his legislative endeavour subscribed to the effort to modernise the...

This paper examines the Progress Report for Albania’s National Strategy for Socio-Economic Development (NSSED). 2002 was the first year of implementing the NSSED. The implementation process has been oriented toward achieving the annual objectives and in accordance with the program of...