Page 11 - Mining Code News Today

Camarines Norte provincial officials hailed on Tuesday the decision of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Mines and Geosciences Bureau-Region 5 (MGB-5) granting co-permittee status to the Mabilo Project joint venture (JV) partners. The Provincial Board of Camarines Norte recently passed a resolution “expressing thanks and appreciation” to…

Mar 05, 2023 - When examining the contract-law that the State signed with Petaquilla Minerals in 1997, we see at a glance how leonine its content, the privileges, and th

Endeavour acquired the Mana mine in July 2020, as part of its acquisition of Canada-based gold miner Semafo.

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – A ruined mining site rests at the heart of the village of Akak I, nestled on the outskirts of Cameroon’s capital Yaoundé. This quarry site is no longer active. After being completely mined by Transatlantique Cameroon Ltd, a subsidiary of the Chinese consortium Cameroon Meilan Construction Conglomerate (CMCC), it was abandoned. All […]

“We have to be very skeptical,” says Carlos Latorre, artisanal gold miner and the head of the Afro-Colombian mining company EMAGROAUP, as he talks about the plans that Colombia’s new government has for the country’s mining industry. Unlike most mining operations in Colombia’s Pacific region of Chocó, EMAGROAUP practices a form of mercury-free extraction with […]

The election victory in 2022 of Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s first left-wing president in decades, has fanned winds of change in the country. The new government has vowed to tackle many of nation’s chronic issues, from violence and corruption to environmental problems and inclusivity. Among these are illegal extractive activities, particularly gold mining, which threaten ecosystems […]

Whatever sector businesses are in, Kazakhstan’s financial reforms make it one of the most promising markets to enter in the region.

The Argentine Institute of Mining Law is calling for the annulment of Law N°10.608, which declared lithium and derivative products as strategic natural resources in La Rioja province.

Sixty years after the discovery of polymetallic nodules and thirty years after the establishment of the International Seabed Authority (“ISA”), deep-sea mining could be licensed as...

The Vancouver-based miner and Panama have been negotiating new tax terms on a mine that accounts for about 1.5% of global copper output.