mining

For the first time in the Malagasy mining sector, Madagascar representatives of major mining and craft operations, who regularly opposed each other, sat around the same table. The aim: to discuss the way out of the crisis caused by the coronavirus, but also to oppose the reform of the mining law, whose new taxation could plague the already gloomy sector.…

The Auditor General presented his annual report to the Transitional Authorities at the end of last week. This report, which reviews public spending, has since been published. In 2019, Rigsrevisionen carried out 31 verifications concerning expenses, which were carried out between 2015 and the first quarter of 2018. Purpose: to track everything that looks like a lack of transparency or even direct fraud.…

The various Memoranda of Understanding and Mining Contracts required by the International Monetary Fund have been published. They concern both companies, Sokimo and Miba. These contracts were signed under the chairmanship of Felix Tshisekedi, their publication was a precondition for the opening of negotiations with a view to signing a three-year plan with the IMF. What do these contracts say?…

A Canadian mining firm was getting ready to look in court docket for "slavery" and "pressured labor" in Eritrea following complaints from former staff who labored whereas employed within the dreaded obligatory navy service, which is obligatory. the youth of the nation. However an settlement was reached with the plaintiffs on the final minute.…