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English High Court allows group claim to proceed against UK-domiciled mining company in relation to acts of subsidiary company abroad
The English High Court has rejected jurisdiction challenges by UK-domiciled mining company Vedanta Resources PLC and its Zambian-domiciled subsidiary …
Extension of WA co-funding drilling exploration program
The Western Australian State Government (State) recently announced the thirteenth round of applications for the Co-Funded Exploration Drill Program …
Mining & Petroleum Law – NSW legislative changes update #2
Maximum term of exploration licences extended from 5 to 6 years On 1 March 2016 the Mining and Petroleum Legislation Amendment (Harmonisation) Act 2015 …
Mining & Petroleum Law – NSW legislative changes update #1
Renewal application for exploration licences: onus to justify larger than default area shifts to applicantOn 1 March 2016 the Mining and Petroleum …
Increased capacity at port of Port Hedland
The Pilbara Port Authority announced earlier this month that it will be increasing its capacity at the port of Port Hedland by 16% over the next 3 …
UNCITRAL Transparency Rules applied for the first time in investor-State arbitration
In September 2014, BSG Resources Limited initiated an international arbitration proceeding against the Republic of Guinea arising out of an alleged …
Parliamentary Inquiry Report into FIFO and other long distance commuting work practices in regional Queensland released
On 9 October 2015 the Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources Committee released its “Parliamentary Inquiry report into FIFO and other long …
Update - Innovative Resources Tenures Framework, Queensland
On 12 October 2015, Herbert Smith Freehills attended the Queensland Department of Natural Resources & Mines workshop on the Innovative Resources …
Amendments to the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW) – Project and transactional implications
The Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW) (Land Rights Act) has been recently amended to include a framework for reaching agreements with Aboriginal Land …
Mining and petroleum tenure reform in Queensland
Material changes are proposed to the tenures under which minerals and petroleum are explored for in Queensland. The Department of Natural Resources and …
Update on transparency reporting – compliance with EU reporting requirements by extractive companies on government payments is determined to be an acceptable substitute for Canada
In an earlier post we noted that the Canadian federal government had brought new legislation into force on 1 June 2015, the Extractive Sector …
Australian Income Tax bill introduced - tenement realignments and farm-ins/farm-outs
On 25 June 2015, the Australian Government introduced a tax bill (Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2015 Measures No 2) Bill 2015) to Parliament …
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