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Churchill calls for annulment of ICSID decision on damages claim against Indonesia
Aim-listed Churchill Mining has lodged an application to have the ICSID Tribunal’s decision to dismiss claims for damages against Indonesia
Kingsgate seeks Thai gold mine resolution
Australian goldminer Kingsgate Consolidated is banking on free trade agreement provisions to press the Thai government to open talks over its 2016 decision to shut all gold mines.
U.S. firm Cobalt threatens arbitration over Angolan oil assets
U.S. oil firm Cobalt said it would seek arbitration if Angola's state-run Sonangol failed to extend license deadlines on two deepwater blocks
Pharmaceutical giant threatens to drag Government before corporate tribunal
Novartis battle against Colombian Government highlights the threats to public health posed by the outrageous investor-state dispute settlement regime and bad “trade” deals.
India receives 20 claim notices under BIPA disputes: Govt
India has received around 20 claim notices in cases of investor-state arbitration disputes under bilateral investment protection pacts.
Churchill updates on $1.3bn claim against the Republic of Indonesia
Churchill Mining says it continues to pursue its $1.315bn claim against the Republic of Indonesia in relation to the revocation of its licenses at the East Kutai Coal Project.
The fourth man: an intriguing sub-plot in the Yukos arbitration
The Russian Federation claimed that arbitrator Yves Fortier's assistant turned into a Fourth Man, a covert extra arbitrator who conceived and drafted a large part of the award.
Australian-Canadian miner ordered to pay interest to El Salvador
A giant Australian-Canadian gold mining group, OceanaGold, has been ordered to pay interest on $8 million in legal costs awarded to El Salvador over a lawsuit it lost.
IBON tells DENR to be firm vs big miners
Mining firms should not resort to international arbitration in forcing the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to revoke its decision to suspend 28 mines and cancel 75 mineral-production sharing agreements.
U.S. court upholds award to miner Crystallex in Venezuela dispute
A U.S. court has upheld an award by a World Bank Tribunal that orders Venezuela to pay more than $1 billion to Canadian mining company Crystallex, paving the way for the firm to seize assets for the 2008 expropriation of the Las Cristinas gold project.