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1 – 10 of 18Amid considerable uncertainty over who is responsible for clean-up operations at historical mine sites, the case may have significant consequences for other mining companies, host…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284303
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The main culprit is the expansion of soya cultivation, especially in Santa Cruz department. The government pays lip service to the need to preserve the Amazon biome but adopts a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282778
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This sector has grown substantially with the rise in recent years of the world gold price, contributing to the rapid deforestation of the rainforest in the north of the country…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283617
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The ‘new gold rush’ in the Amazon almost trebled between 2017 and 2020, boosted by international gold prices and insufficient surveillance and law enforcement. This trend has…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB279699
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Since coming into power on the back of public protests in April-May 2018, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has committed to a robust overhaul of state institutions including the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB246580
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Although tensions around revenue-sharing from the mine have recurred over many years, the government's move to deprive Canada's Centerra Gold of control of KGC (which it owns) and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261673
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Mining in the Dominican Republic.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB197070
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So far this year, gold sales to India have seen that country displace Brazil as Bolivia’s most important commercial partner. While providing employment for workers in the sector…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB230587
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The Kyrgyzstan government's dispute with Canada's Centerra mining company.