At the formal launch of the ResourceContracts.mn contracts portal on 22 April, Mongolia’s deputy minister of mines and heavy industry reaffirmed the country’s commitment to publishing mining and petroleum contracts and announced the public release of over 150 new contracts. After several years of stuttering progress on contract transparency in Mongolia, this is welcome news.
Over the past decade at least, “resource nationalism” has been a hotly debated concept for those in the oil, gas and mining industries, government decision-makers and media who cover the space.
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Board has an important opportunity to strengthen the EITI Standard’s provisions on contract transparency when it meets next week in Kiev.
Tanzania passed sweeping new laws for its extractives sector in 2017 with the objective of getting a larger share of the benefits from its mineral and gas deposits. Among other significant changes, these laws increased taxation of the mining sector.
In 2018 several of the biggest advances in contract transparency came from the private sector. Here are three ways that extractive companies can help drive the contract transparency agenda further.
The increasing use of renewable energy technology is driving major demand for minerals such as copper and cobalt, a key ingredient in electric batteries.
Les résultats d'une modélisation économique montrent que le régime fiscal de la RDC a été profondément modifié, et est désormais plus onéreux que celui de nombreux autres pays miniers.
A briefing from NRGI explores how project-level data can be used by government, civil society organizations, media and oversight actors. It highlights several benefits and uses of project-level data.