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EU Parliament amends proposal on regulating importation and use of conflict minerals
On 20 May 2015, the EU Parliament adopted (by 402 votes to 118, with 171 abstentions) important amendments to a proposal for a Regulation of the European …
Transparency reporting – Canadian Act now in force (following UK and Norwegian legislation last year), further EU implementation and US still to come
Last week, the Canadian federal government brought new legislation into force, which establishes reporting requirements of payments made to governments …
Update on mineral royalty rates in Western Australia
No increase in mineral royalty rates in the 2015-16 State Budget The Western Australian Government (Government) has confirmed in the 2015-16 State …
Indonesia announces renegotiation of BITs
Since the Dutch government’s announcement last year that Indonesia had terminated the 1995 Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) between those countries, …
Qld: Extension of termination date for the Queensland Rail 2008 undertaking
On 9 April 2015, Queensland Rail (QR) requested an extension to the termination date of the QR Network Access Undertaking (2008) June 2010 (2008 Access …
Update on – Reporting by extractive companies on government payments - UK regime is now in force
In September 2014 we posted an update commenting on Reporting by Extracted Companies. Stating that Companies with debt or equity securities listed in the …
Enforcement of ICSID award
Gold Reserve v Venezuela and the enforcement of ICSID awards In recent years, Latin American states have increasingly resisted The International Centre …
Australia and China conclude free trade agreement
On 17 November 2014, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced that Australia and China had concluded a free trade …
Extension of time for the Queensland Rail 2008 undertaking
On 5 November 2014 Queensland Rail requested an extension to the termination date of QR Network’s (2008) June 2010 Access Undertaking (2008 Access …
Cth: High Court clarifies builders’ duty of care to developers and owners for economic loss
In brief Earlier this month, the High Court of Australia delivered its judgement, unanimously overturning the NSW Court of Appeal, in …
The Liberian mining law reform and the impact of the Ebola crisis
Despite its relatively small size (approximately 110,000km with a population of four million people), Liberia, the oldest republic in Africa, is a …
Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement Update
On 4 September 2014, the Australian Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (Committee) submitted its report and recommendation on the adoption of the …
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