... investment mining policy protest Metals & mining PERU: Finance Minister Jose Arista told Reuters yesterday that the government planned to issue up to three sovereign bonds this year, in a bid to reduce a fiscal deficit that reached a three-decade high of 3.6% of GDP last year. Arista did...

...Oxford Analytica Significance Muscat is intensifying efforts to develop the mining and minerals sector as part of its Vision 2040 economic development and diversification strategy. MDO, under the auspices of the Oman Investment Authority (OIA, the sovereign wealth fund), is actively seeking...

... the police’s actions contravened the constitution. Impacts High gold prices create further incentives for illegal mining despite the clampdown. The incident has raised tensions between the government and NGOs, which government ministers have accused of encouraging criminality. The incident does...

...Oxford Analytica Significance The exploratory talks have apparently ended, but the holding of such serious discussions has revived speculation that mining companies may once again reconsider transformational mergers like the 2001 coming together of Australia’s BHP and South Africa’s Billiton...

... environment government growth manufacturing mining prices productivity regional remittances tourism welfare MOROCCO: Royal Air Maroc yesterday relaunched direct flights between Casablanca and Beijing; the airline had suspended the route in 2020 due to COVID-19. The route will boost...

... government metals mining opposition party reform steel transport unions Metals & mining Workers protest the planned closure of ArcelorMittal’s Saldanha Steel plant, which was mothballed in 2020 (Rodger Bosch/AFP/Getty Images) Global steel giant ArcelorMittal on January 6...

... investment foreign trade hard commodities soft commodities agriculture energy mining On the left is a map of Africa showing commodity exports as a share of total merchandise exports. It finds most African countries are commodity dependent. In the top right is a chart showing countries where...

...Oxford Analytica Significance States in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), are seeking to establish an important role in the mining and refining of critical minerals. With some exceptions, the main focus is on overseas mining...

... rights mining police SOUTH AFRICA: Police said yesterday that 106 miners had been retrieved alive during rescue operations at the Stilfontein illegal mining site, while 51 more have been confirmed dead. A miners' rights group warns the death toll may prove much higher as rescue operations...

...Oxford Analytica Headline MALI: Mining dispute will hurt investor confidence © Oxford Analytica 2025. All rights reserved. This content contains general information about geopolitical, macroeconomic and social developments or (where stated) other matters. It does not contain advice...

... social foreign investment foreign trade gold government human rights infrastructure mining sanctions shipping transport Metals & mining Murillo and Ortega attend an event in Managua (Inti Ocon/AFP/Getty Images) The office of the US Trade Representative (USTR...

...Oxford Analytica Headline SAUDI ARABIA: Mining will help boost investments © Oxford Analytica 2025. All rights reserved. This content contains general information about geopolitical, macroeconomic and social developments or (where stated) other matters. It does not contain advice...

... finances and deficits in areas such as infrastructure and human capital. Impacts China, which has invested heavily in Nicaraguan mining, may take an interest in El Salvador. Environmental degradation and social unrest could impact the tourism sector, which Bukele hopes to grow. Mining operations...

...Oxford Analytica Headline EL SALVADOR: Return of mining will prompt protests © Oxford Analytica 2024. All rights reserved. This content contains general information about geopolitical, macroeconomic and social developments or (where stated) other matters. It does not contain advice...

...Oxford Analytica Headline PANAMA: Mine poses ongoing difficulties for Mulino © Oxford Analytica 2024. All rights reserved. This content contains general information about geopolitical, macroeconomic and social developments or (where stated) other matters. It does not contain advice...

... industry international relations politics foreign policy foreign trade government hard commodities metals mining natural resources nuclear energy policy Uranium Metals & mining The Key Lake uranium mine and mill in Saskatchewan, Canada (Karen Kasmauski/The Image Bank Unreleased...

... social civil war coup ethnic government guerrillas military security talks foreign policy foreign trade infrastructure mining natural resources policy shipping regional summit Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing (STR/AFP/Getty Images) In late November, the Ta’ang National...

... will push poor inhabitants of rural areas into mining activities. Conflicts between informal miners and those granted official mining concessions will become more frequent. Business groups will push for the full privatisation of Petroperu. economy industry politics environment government...

...Oxford Analytica Headline NIGER: Junta may push out French uranium company NIGER: French uranium mining firm Orano yesterday claimed that it had "lost operational control" of its Nigerien subsidiary, Somair, to Niger's junta. Orano owns a 63.4% percent share of Somair, with the rest being held...

... mining oil prices sanctions VENEZUELA: Vice-President Delcy Rodriguez told the National Assembly yesterday that the government would present a budget of USD22.7bn for 2025, up from USD20.5bn this year, with USD10.1bn estimated to be financed by income from state oil company PDVSA. However...