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Financial Modeling of Mining Projects: A Tool for Optimizing the Financial Benefits of the Mining Sector
January 18, 2018
The financial model of a project is one of the most important documents a mining company will submit as part of a package of documents to get a mining license in most mineral-rich countries. However, this valuable tool seems to be underused by develo ...
Four Ways to Empower Women in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining
December 05, 2017
Explore four ways gendered impacts of artisanal and small-scale mining can be minimized while promoting economic independence for women artisanal miners.
Paradise Lost? Tax Avoidance in the Headlines, and in the Mining Sector
November 28, 2017
Alexandra Readhead explores how and why developing country governments need to confront tax base erosion and profit shifting in the mining sector.
The Importance of Understanding the Financial Flows of ASM
November 24, 2017
ASM is a complex economic sector with implications on economic growth, and social and environmental impacts, on rural poor communities.
How Local Content Policies are Benefitting Ecuador
November 23, 2017
While conducting a Mining Policy Framework assessment in Ecuador, we were introduced to Catering Las Peñas, a catering company established in the mining camp of Lundin Gold’s Fruta del Norte gold mining project. In a country where large scale mini ...