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Ghana
Koranteng & Koranteng Legal Advisors
Resource - rich countries have, for decades, explored and exploited the valuable mineral resources they have been endowed with through large-scale mining activities.
Legalstone Solicitors
Ghana is endowed with abundant natural resources, which have played a key role in the development efforts of the country.
Legalstone Solicitors
The procedure for exporting gold by licensed gold exporters (LGE) in Ghana involves several steps to ensure compliance with regulations.
Legalstone Solicitors
According to data from the Ghana Chamber of Mines, gold export revenue rose from USD6.229billion in 2019 to USD6.799billion in 2020.
Legalstone Solicitors
Ghana requires a particular method of setting up a mineral purchasing and export company with a license from the Minerals Commission.
Mauritius
AXIS Fiduciary Ltd
The EDB actively engaged in the Singapore Mining Day conference, held on September 15, 2023, spotlighting the Mauritius International Financial Centre (IFC) as a risk mitigation hub for cross-border investments.
Namibia
Mayer Brown
The Namibian government established a new licensing system for the oil and mining sectors, in order to address a backlog of applications which had developed over recent years.
Nigeria
Tope Adebayo
Having satisied all conditions imposed on the licensee and contained in the Oil Prospecting Licence (OPL), and upon commercial discovery of oil, a holder of an OPL was required to obtain an Oil Mining Lease (OML).
Alliance Law Firm
The absolute ownership of all petroleum operations in Nigeria reside with the federal government. To this end, applicants seeking to engage in petroleum operations...
Tope Adebayo
Despite abundant solid mineral resources, which include gold, lead, zinc, coal, bitumen, iron ore, limestone and barite...
Duale Ovia & Alex-Adedipe
The Apex Court on Friday, 5th January 2024, delivered judgment on the sensational case between National Inland Waterways Authority & 3 Ors v. Lagos State Waterways Authority & 5 Ors in Appeal No. SC. 17/2018.
Banwo & Ighodalo
On November 16, 2023, the Honourable Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, officially launched the ‘Guidelines for the Production of Community Development Agreement...
Banwo & Ighodalo
On November 16, 2023, the Honourable Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, officially launched the 'Guidelines for the Production of Community Development Agreement...
Saudi Arabia
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
2023 was characterised by a shift in the global macroeconomic regime, with inflation rising across developed economies and central banks responding with several rounds of monetary tightening.
South Africa
Herbert Smith Freehills
Herbert Smith Freehills' Africa practice continues to perform strongly in the 2024 edition of Chambers Global, with top tier rankings in the following Africa-wide categories...
Norton Rose Fulbright
During a panel discussion at the 2024 Investing in Africa Mining Indaba, held in Cape Town in the week of 5 February, panellists engaged on the main corruption risks in mineral supply chains...
Herbert Smith Freehills
If SA is to attract investment into the sector, the serious challenges range from illegal mining to raising capital.
ENS
On 17 November 2023, the Department of Water and Sanitation ("DWS") published the much anticipated proposed amendments to the National Water Act, 1998 ("NWA"). For a water-scarce country such as South Africa...
ENS
Explore Africa's evolving mining policies, their impact on economic development, and opportunities for cross-border operations.
Shikana Group
Tanzania has come from far when it relates to trade and investments. In particular, the mining sector has seen a growth in the last years.
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