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Cambodian mining investment need will grow

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CAMBODIA

The country's nascent mining sector is encountering both challenges and new opportunities as large-scale mining operations come in. Last month, four companies were granted…

Russia tensions may hinder Arctic governance

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ARCTIC

It claims an additional 1.2 million square kilometres of seabed below the North Pole ice cap under Article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). If…

Global standards would curb conflict mineral trade

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INTERNATIONAL

As part of the meeting, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) hosted a joint forum with the OECD to address a key problem facing the diamond industry -- the absence of universal…

Indonesia will struggle to curb Papua unrest

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INDONESIA

For nearly two decades, the region was administered as two provinces, Papua and West Papua (often referred to collectively as ‘Papua’ or ‘West Papua’). In July, Jakarta…

Philippines 2017-18 agenda has modest outlook

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PHILIPPINES

The act, aimed at improving government efficiency by closing or merging departments and state entities, is one of the priorities President Rodrigo Duterte set in his second State…

Any Colombian ‘peace dividend’ will be muted in 2017

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COLOMBIA

The negotiations follow the ratification of a revised peace deal with the country’s largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on November 30. After…