United Kingdom: Mining

Investors navigating distressed mining assets face unique challenges where geological constraints meet financial pressures. This legal toolkit explores strategic approaches and practical solutions for maximizing value in turbulent mining markets, drawing on insights from a global platform of expertise.

Two cases filed by mining companies before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea highlight the challenges of competition for governance and economic exploitation of deep-sea resources.

Battery technology advances are driving unprecedented growth in recycling innovation, with patent filings for end-of-life battery processing increasing seven-fold in the last decade. The European Patent Office's latest analysis reveals how the race to create a circular battery economy is accelerating, particularly in chemical transformation processes that could address critical material shortages and mounting waste concerns.

Working on the financing of the first Independent Power Producer (IPP) project in my country, Burkina Faso, after having advised on a couple of other power projects in France and in Rwanda was a pivotal moment in my career.

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), home to some of the world's richest deposits of cobalt, copper, and other critical minerals, enacted major revisions to its Mining Code in March 2018.

Mining development agreements are critical for balancing government and mining company interests, offering legal stability, tax concessions, and investment incentives, while ensuring infrastructure development, permits, and socio-economic benefits for host nations.

Regulation of the mining industry follows the devolution of certain powers relating to mining from the government of the United Kingdom to the governments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

On July 20, 2023, the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets control ("OFAC") sanctioned multiple entities and issued general licenses to further implement...

ICSID published on 30 January 2023 its case statistics up to 31 December 2022 (see here). This post examines the latest trends as compared to ICSID's earlier results.