Latin America Mining Risk Part Iii: Security
Facebook Whatsapp Print Latin America Mining Risk Part Iii: Security Note: This article is part of a series of pieces on managing mining risk in Latin America. Earlier entries covered managing political interference and regulatory instability. Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela and most of Central America have seen their security environment degrade as criminal organizations gain influence and power […]
Latin America Mining Risk Part Iv: Local Community Opposition
Facebook Whatsapp Print Latin America Mining Risk Part Iv: Local Community Opposition The collapse of metal prices in 2013 shifted the investment risk focus from national governments to local communities. With royalty incomes dented, national governments became stingy about sharing taxes with local communities, exacerbating an historic rift. Over the last five years, angry communities have […]
Latin America Mining Risk Part V: Reputational Risk
Facebook Whatsapp Print Latin America Mining Risk Part V: Reputational Risk Mining carries immense historical baggage in Latin America that continues to be exploited for political and economic gain by a wide host of actors, ranging from political opposition leaders and crooked local mayors to illicit miners and ambitious NGOs. Therefore, defending one’s reputation is […]
Ami Publishes A Whitepaper On Mining Risk In Latin America
Facebook Whatsapp Print Ami Publishes A Whitepaper On Mining Risk In Latin America Latin America is clearly recovering from the drop in mineral prices that occurred years ago, but it still doesn’t have an abundance of scalable mining projects. As a result, investors need to fund more projects that are in their early stages … […]
Latin American Mining Risk Part 6: Operational Risk
Facebook Whatsapp Print Latin American Mining Risk Part 6: Operational Risk Veteran miners are well-aware of the operational challenges in Latin America, but financiers are not familiar with these difficulties. Each jurisdiction presents its own obstacles which may typically include inadequate infrastructure, conflictive unions and/or inadequate local service providers. Most of these hurdles can be […]
Case Study: Analyzing The Role Of Water In Mining Conflicts In Peru
Facebook Whatsapp Print Case Study: Analyzing The Role Of Water In Mining Conflicts In Peru According to the Latin American Observatory of Mining Conflicts, mining projects face community opposition in 90% of the countries in the region. Water often drives this opposition. In the paper that we will share below, corresponding author Jorge Salem — […]
A Groundbreaking Book On Csr Of Chinese Nocs
Facebook Whatsapp Print A Groundbreaking Book On Csr Of Chinese Nocs As new actors on the international energy market, Chinese national oil companies (NOCs) have not been a frequent subject of scholarly or journalistic inquiries. Their intense ties with the Chinese state, be it personnel appointment or corporate financing, add another important veil of mystery […]
Latam Resources And Infrastructure: The Good, Bad And Ugly For 2019
Facebook Whatsapp Print Latam Resources And Infrastructure: The Good, Bad And Ugly For 2019 Aside from Mexico, in 2018 Latin American elections delivered power to business-friendly candidates who vowed to favor infrastructure and natural resources projects during their administration. However, foreign companies should be aware of the rise of local contestation and security risks, which […]
Analyzing Political Risk In Latin American Mining Jurisdictions
Facebook Whatsapp Print Analyzing Political Risk In Latin American Mining Jurisdictions In 2018 there were a number of key elections in Latin America, including presidential races in Brazil, Mexico and Colombia. Argentina will have a presidential race in 2019, and there will be other elections in different countries. Most — if not all — of these […]
Latin American Infrastructure Spending Is Ready To Rebound In 2020
Facebook Whatsapp Print Latin American Infrastructure Spending Is Ready To Rebound In 2020 The last five years (2015-2019) can be summarized as Latin America’s lost half decade. Infrastructure investor confidence was blindsided by the Lava Jato corruption investigation, which impacted a half dozen countries and continues to sting with a string of litigation suits pending. The collapse […]