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  • Environmental and social factors in mining: a spotlight on Colombia

    International 07.03.2024
    Environmental and social considerations have been critical to the business of mining since long before the term ESG gained its current popularity. Mining activities are politically sensitive because they...
  • CBAM: Just over a week to comply

    International 19.01.2024
    As the deadline for the first Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) report approaches on January 31st, it is crucial for undertakings engaged in importing relevant goods into the European Union to...
  • Energy Transition, Minerals and the Circular Economy

    International 12.10.2023
    The ongoing energy transition requires a large-scale and accelerated switch to renewable energy generation and the electrification of transportation and industry, in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions....
  • Deep sea mining: navigating in murky waters

    International 05.09.2023
    On 9 July 2023, the latest deadline for finalising the draft exploitation regulations for deep sea mining in international waters expired without agreement.1 This deadline resulted from a letter from...
  • CBAM Implementing Regulation and Extensive Additional Reporting Guidance Published

    International 30.08.2023
    Earlier this month, the European Commission (“EC”) adopted an Implementing Regulation (“IR”) and released extensive Guidance Documents (“Guidance”) on the practicalities...
  • Resource Nationalism in Battery Metals: Risks and Mitigation

    International 17.07.2023
    With continued warfare in Ukraine, conflict in Sudan and tensions between the U.S. and China, the state of international relations appears increasingly volatile. This fractious landscape sits abreast two...
  • Deep sea mining: a new source of transition minerals

    International 05.07.2023
    The energy transition has accelerated demand for a range of minerals required for batteries and renewable energy application, and has heightened global concerns over resource security. Accordingly, accessing...
  • Tailings Management and New Standards of Regulation

    International 27.08.2020
    Tailings dam failures have put the mining industry in the headlines for the wrong reasons in recent years. Dam failures can have disastrous consequences in terms of loss of life and environmental damage...
  • Case Update: MNS Mining Limited

    United Kingdom 17.12.2013
    Earlier this year (click here) we reported the death of four men who became trapped in a coalmine in South Wales when it flooded. Charges were brought under the Corporate Manslaughter and Homicide Act...