mining


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.
Australian miners seeking new free trade deals
The Minerals Council of Australia has called on the Government to pursue further trade liberalization through bilateral and regional trading agreements.
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.
ICSID tribunal dismisses claims brought against Indonesia based on forged mining licences
The tribunal considered all claims inadmissible, ordering the claimants to bear all arbitration costs and to reimburse 75 per cent of Indonesia’s legal expenses.
Reko Diq project: Balochistan likely to pay $350m in out-of-court settlement
The ICSID tribunal rejected Pakistan's final defence against liability, and confirmed that Pakistan had violated several provisions of its bilateral investment treaty with Australia.
ICSID rules in favour of Tethyan over Reko Diq project
The ICSID tribunal rejected Pakistan's final defence against liability and confirmed that Pakistan had violated several provisions of its bilateral investment treaty with Australia
Kyrgyz Republic moves to set aside Stans UNCITRAL jurisdiction ruling
The Kyrgyz Republic has notified Stans that it filed a claim with the High Court of Justice to set aside the jurisdictional award rendered by the UNCITRAL Tribunal in favor of Stans.
Gold mining sparks disputes and induces interesting decisions
A Canadian company, Gold Reserve Inc, disputed a permit revocation that affected a gold and copper ore deposit exploration project in Venezuela.
Freeport's threat of arbitration simply a ploy to block mining reform
International arbitration within the investor-state-dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism has become a powerful weapon exploited by MNCs to circumvent national regulations and bully governments