Key Issues Of Mining Law: A Brief Comparative Survey As A Background Study For The Reform Of Mining Law
Article from: OGEL Archive issue , in Comparative Energy Law
Summary
The reform of mining law (and other laws related to mining investment: investment, foreign exchange, customs, land-use, planning and environmental legislation) is a principal instrument of revitalising a mining industry. This is especially so where a country's mining industry has suffered from stagnation and a lack of policy attention. The legal framework is one of the factors which constitutes the overall investment regime which investors take into account when making the investment decision. The other key factors include, in particular, the geological attractiveness, ...