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Notable Supreme Court Decisions - In 2023, the Mexican Supreme Court addressed several high-profile decisions asserting the limits between public branches and entities to preserve the constitutional order and to protect...more
La reciente Reforma Minera impone a los concesionarios mineros nuevas obligaciones, entre ellas, solicitar a la Comisión Nacional del Agua el cambio de uso previsto en los Títulos de Concesión de Aguas Nacionales de...more
El Juzgado de Distrito Décimo Sexto del Primer Circuito, concedió una suspensión provisional a quejosa, con el fin de que no le sea aplicada la Reforma Minera en su totalidad....more
In Short - The Background: On May 8, 2023, Mexico published several amendments to laws relating to the country's mining industry. ...more
Una empresa minera impugnó vía demanda de amparo la Reforma Minera recientemente aprobada por el Congreso de la Unión. En específico, impugnó el artículo Quinto transitorio, párrafo tercero, de dicha Reforma que ordena a la...more
The President of Mexico, Andres Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), from the outset of his six-year term, made it abundantly clear that his government will exercise greater control and intrusive state supervision over mining...more
Relevant mining reforms entered into force on May 9, 2023, generating important impacts and new obligations for the sector. With its enactment, the deadline for a possible challenge to the reform begins to run....more
Relevantes reformas en materia minera entraron en vigor el 9 de mayo de 2023, generando importantes impactos y nuevas obligaciones para el sector. Con su promulgación, comienza a correr el plazo para una posible impugnación...more
Aprueba Congreso de la Unión Reforma Minera, con impactos sustanciales en materia de concesiones mineras, uso de aguas nacionales y manejo de residuos....more
The Mexican Congress approved the Mining Reform, with substantial impacts on mining concessions, use of national waters and waste management....more
Please note: This alert will be updated periodically with new developments. This was last updated on April 28, 2023. For your convenience, any new information added to our report is highlighted. On April 20, 2023, the...more
This client alert follows the one dated April 20, 2023, in which we described the main points of the initiative to amend the law and regulations in the mining sector presented by the President on March 28, 2023 (the...more
Yesterday, on April 20, 2023, the Mexican Plenary of the Chamber of Deputies approved, in general and in particular, the initiative presented by the Deputies of the Morena Parliamentary Group on mining and water matters. This...more
On March 28, 2023, the President sent to the Chamber of Representatives an initiative to amend the law and regulations in the mining sector (the "Initiative"). Purpose of the Initiative - Through the Initiative, the...more
On August 23, 2022, President of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador issued a Decree (published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación on August 24, 2022) setting up a new state-owned company called LitioMx (Litio para...more
On April 18, Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez-Obrador (AMLO) sent a bill to the country’s congress to amend the Mining Law to restrict private investment in the lithium industry and ensure that the Mexican government...more
Last year, Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador ("AMLO") began a series of efforts aimed at reforming Mexico's electricity sector in a manner that would reverse the rights granted to private investors in 2013 (the...more
On 16 February 2022, the First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice ("SCJ") ruled in favor of the Ejidal Commissariat and the Nahua Indigenous Community of Tecoltemi, ordering the withdrawal of two mining concessions from...more
On September 30, 2021, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sent to the Chamber of Deputies an "Initiative with a draft of decree amending articles 25, 27 and 28 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican...more
The Situation: The front-runner in Peru’s Presidential run-off election, Pedro Castillo, has vowed to extract substantially more in payments from mining companies, renegotiate tax stabilization agreements, or potentially even...more
Mexico’s General Health Council (CSG) will add the following industries to the list of essential businesses effective June 1, 2020: - Construction; - Mining; and - Manufacturing of transportation equipment, including...more
As expected, the transportation manufacturing industry (which includes automotive and aerospace), along with the mining and constructions industries, have been characterized as essential and will be allowed to restart...more
El Gobierno de México declaró el martes, 24 de marzo de 2020, la Fase 2 de la pandemia en el país, en donde ya se registraron casos de contagio local. La fase dos o transmisión local del COVID-19 se refiere al contagio entre...more
In January 2017, Holland & Knight Transportation & Infrastructure lawyers and senior advisors prepared 20 posts for the 20 days leading to President Donald Trump's inauguration regarding what to expect from the Trump...more
The first four weeks of the Trump administration have brought a flurry of policy and regulatory activity through Executive Orders (EO), proposed new legislation and review of existing regulation. After eight years of the...more