mining


Pressure grows on mining giant to pay $8 million to El Salvador
Over 280 organizations from around the world sent an open letter to Canadian-Australian mining giant OceanaGold demanding that the company adhere to an earlier ruling that ordered the company to pay the government of El Salvador US$8 million
Govt asked to ignore Freeport's lawsuit threat
The Indonesian Institute for Global Justice has asked the government to consistently apply the state regulation number 4 of 2009 and ignore Freeports threat to bring its legal dispute with the government to the International Court of Arbitration.
Indonesia ready for Freeport tribunal
In its latest move to settle a dispute over mining policy, the government has challenged United States mining giant Freeport McMoran to go to an international arbitration tribunal for a fair result.
Freeport warns of arbitration as Indonesia mining dispute escalates
U.S. mining giant Freeport warned it could take the Indonesian government to arbitration and seek damages over a contractual dispute that has halted operations at the world's second-biggest copper mine.
No more mining - Reflections from Pacific Rim Cayman v El Salvador (ICSID)
Pac Rim Cayman raises interesting jurisdictional issues as well as environmental and social justice issues in the context of resource development in developing countries.
Gold-digging with investor-state lawsuits
Canadian mining company Gabriel Resources is using an investor-state lawsuit to push through its illegal toxic gold and silver mine in the historical Romanian village of Roşia Montană.
The Paris Court of Appeal decides in favor of Gold Reserve Inc.
The Paris Court of Appeal rejected all of Venezuela’s arguments and issued a judgment dismissing the annulment applications filed by Venezuela pending before the French courts in relation to the arbitral award rendered by the ICSID
Case summary: Rusoro v. Venezuela
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez nationalized the Venezuelan gold sector through an official decree during the summer 2011. Rusoro claimed that the decree violated the bilateral investment treaty between Canada and Venezuela.
Churchill mulls response over tribunal costs
Churchill Mining continues to see whether there are grounds to seek a revision of annulment of costs awarded against the company.
Stans Energy prevails in preliminary jurisdictional phase before UNCITRAL arbitration against the Kyrgyz Republic
The Tribunal has unanimously rejected the Respondent's preliminary jurisdictional objections and opened the way for adjudication of the merits.