NATURAL RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Facebook Whatsapp Print Chinese Investment In Latin America’s Extractive Sector Chinese investors have become central actors in Latin America yet remain relatively inexperienced in the region’s natural resource sectors. Although pilot projects such as the Talara 6/7 oil block and the Marcona iron ore mine undertaken by China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and Shougang Corporation, respectively, started in the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 … […]

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 […]

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 — […]

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 […]

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 […]