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A Flurry of Mining Announcements in Ontario to Start 2025

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The Ontario government launched into 2025 with a series of announcements on mineral exploration, its critical minerals strategy and cooperation with the United States. While we cannot lose sight of the subsequent election...more

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President Trump’s Day-One Executive Orders: Energy and Environment

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On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued several Executive Orders and memoranda (the “EOs”) signaling a significant policy shift favoring robust and market-based energy production (mostly relying on fossil fuels), while...more

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Self v. BPX Operating Co. & Post-Production Costs in Louisiana

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Depending on the state, post-production costs are either deducted “at the wellhead” or when the product has been placed in “marketable condition.” In Louisiana, the minerals are not owned by the landowner, but that person...more

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Proposed Legislation Released for New Green Investment Tax Credits

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On August 4, 2023, the Department of Finance (“Finance”) released a substantive piece of draft legislation for a number of investment tax credits previously announced by Finance and aimed at renewable and clean energy sectors...more

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California Brings Legislative Muscle To Its Attack on Oil Drilling

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California has passed Senate Bill 1137, which will prohibit drilling of new oil and gas wells and reworking of existing wells in certain areas. Here is SB 1137 in legislativese (analysis comes first, then the text)...more

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Fixed-or-Floating NPRI Principles Applied to Texas Mineral Reservation

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In Susan Davis Van Dyke et al. v. The Navigator Group. et al., the Eastland court of appeals applied recent fixed-versus-floating NPRI principles to a double-fraction mineral interest reservation....more

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Morgan Lewis Spark | Q2 2020 - Russian

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OVERVIEW OF CHANGES LEGISLATION - SECOND QUARTER 2020 - Below we provide a brief overview of some key changes and additions to the Russian legislation introduced in the second quarter 2020 that may be of interest for energy...more

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South Africa | A reprieve for the Mining Industry - mining operations may start to operate at 50% capacity, subject to strict...

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On 16 April 2020, amendments were issued to the regulations published under the Disaster Management Act, 2002, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which will significantly impact the mining industry during the nationwide...more

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COVID-19: South Africa | The Big Section 54

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As the nation comes to grips with the unprecedented nationwide lockdown of 21 days (and perhaps even longer if needed), businesses are making such adjustments as they can to preserve their commercial viability. Those (lucky...more

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Drought leaves key African hydro dam less than a third full - A regional drought has reduced water levels at Kariba Dam, the main source of power for Zambia and Zimbabwe, to less than a third of its capacity. The dam is...more

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