Tag "mining sector"
Natural resources and energy
Sub-Saharan Africa
What rising resource nationalism in Africa means for mining investors
Lately, resource nationalism in the African mining sector has increased. In some African states, which make key contributions to international mining, larger mining rents indicate greater national control.
Middle East/North Africa
Natural resources and energy
Politics
Tunisia’s phosphate mines – between a rock and a hard place
The ongoing strikes in Tunisia’s phosphate mines offer a valuable insight into structural deficits of the Tunisian economy.
Latin America
Natural resources and energy
Judicial activism, the de facto regulator of Colombian mining
The Colombian Constitutional Court recently banned mining in areas known as paramos, highlighting how judicial activism replaces regulation.
Economics
Sub-Saharan Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo: The next emerging economy?
With positive macroeconomic indicators, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is aspiring to be an emerging country by 2030. To achieve this goal, the country appears to be more willing
