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In the annals of corporate fraud, few scandals match the magnitude of the Bre-X mining affair. For compliance professionals, the lessons from this incident resonate deeply, not just because of the scale of the deception but...more
Few corporate scandals are still as infamous or devastating as the Bre-X mining scandal. What began as a story of incredible wealth, fueled by the promise of one of the largest gold deposits ever discovered, unraveled into...more
This article is part of Womble Bond Dickinson’s Energy & Natural Resources thought leadership series titled Striking the Balance: Permitting Reforms for Mining and the Energy Transition. In this series, we’ll explore the...more
This is the first article in Womble Bond Dickinson’s Energy & Natural Resources thought leadership series titled Striking the Balance: Permitting Reforms for Mining and the Energy Transition. In this series, we’ll explore the...more
El Ministerio de Minas y Energía publicó el proyecto de ley que crea la Empresa Colombiana de Minerales - Ecominerales, como una empresa industrial y comercial del Estado de Colombia, vinculada al Ministerio de Minas y...more
Por medio de Circular 8 del 22 de marzo de 2023 la Procuraduría General de la Nación, realizó un análisis legal, reglamentario y jurisprudencial de la actividad desarrollada por mineros artesanales en el país y destacó que es...more
It is no secret that Wyoming’s economy is heavily reliant on the energy and natural resources sector. In fact, the primary forces behind the economy of the Cowboy State are mineral extraction, in the form of coal, oil,...more
The Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness and a number of other environmental organizations (collectively “FBWW”) filed a December 3rd petition in the Minnesota Court of Appeals to certain Minnesota Department of Natural...more
On October 31, 2018, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) issued a final rule (Final Rule) to modernize required property disclosures for mining registrants. ...more
Commodity trends of 2017 - will these change in 2018? There was a strong, consistent focus on thermal and coking coal, gold, copper and the platinum group metals. Interest in chrome, iron ore and manganese picked up,...more
The Court of Appeal has handed down its judgment in a landmark case on jurisdiction and parent company liability (Lungowe and Ors. v Vedanta Resources Plc and Konkola Copper Mines Plc [2017] EWCA Civ 1528). The judgment...more
During 2016, South Africa (SA) exported some US$6.8 billion (about 9.2% of our total exports) to the People’s Republic of China (China). This is about 25% more than SA exported to the USA in the same year....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
The Paris office of Hogan Lovells is pleased to provide this English language edition of our monthly e-newsletter, which offers a legal and regulatory update covering France and Europe for December 2016. ...more
NEW REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS - Federal - - Program Requirement Revisions Related to the Public Water System Supervision Programs for Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont - EPA is giving notice that...more