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1 – 10 of 37This 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
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The firms aim to extract gold, lead, zinc, iron ore and copper across several Afghan provinces. Earlier this year, Afghanistan agreed a major contract relating to oil extraction…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282083
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Informal mining accounts for a large proportion of employment in an industry otherwise dominated by large-scale capital-intensive operations. Most small-scale miners are engaged…
Exports last year reached record levels, although imports were almost as high. President Luis Arce's government has had some success in reducing the fiscal deficit, but this too…
BRAZIL: Lula will face strong expectations and doubts
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES275002
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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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Seven years after the government of President Rafael Correa signalled its intention to make mining one of the key pillars of its economic and political programme, the sector…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB213723
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SOUTH AFRICA: Gold mining faces long-term decline
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES240527
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Outlook for the mining sector.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB249705
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SOUTH AFRICA: Revoked licence to weigh on miners