Mining Notes

COVID-19 and the impact on competition law – mining

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Infrastructure charges reform: An update on changes and commencement

The provisions of the Sustainable Planning (Infrastructure Charges) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2014 (Qld) (Amendment Act) which amended the …

Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement signed, text released

On Wednesday, 9 July, Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, and Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, signed the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership …

Baosteel and Aurizon in control of Aquila Resources

On Thursday, 3 July, Aurizon announced that Baosteel Resources Australia and Aurizon Operations (the Bidders) entered into a Takeover Implementation …

Aurizon and Baosteel join forces in a bid for Aquila Resources

On Monday, 5 May, Aurizon announced a $1.4 billion joint off-market bid with Baosteel to acquire 100% of the share capital of Aquila Resources Limited. …

Paraguay set to re-enter Mercosur

On 29 June 2012, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay elected to suspend Paraguay’s participation in the South American trade bloc, Mercosur, following removal …

Spotlight on the EPBC Act

Late-2013 saw plenty of activity around environmental assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Act 1999 (Cth) (EPBC Act). On 16 …

The National Access Regime - Productivity Commission Final Report released

On 11 February 2014, the Federal Government released the Productivity Commission’s (PC) Final Report into the National Access Regime (Regime). In large …