If you liked this story, share it with other people. The extractive industries are strategic components of the economy of all Amazonian countries, but their importance varies greatly. Mineral ...

Local economic development and diversification policies are becoming a priority in many mineral-rich developing countries. These policies aim to ensure extractive industries support the development of ...

The Human and Environmental Development Agenda, alongside a coalition of civil society organisations, has called on the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative to ensure the immediate ...

Adopting environmental management as a central component of the extractive business model has been a priority in the last two decades, which has made environmental impact assessments (EIA) critical ...

I was the first successful publicly financed candidate for the Albuquerque City Council in 2007. That was because I was worried about the private money behind our elections and our policy making. And ...

New York, 25 May 2021—United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will convene leaders and ministers from 18 countries that heavily rely on extractive industries in a roundtable discussion today ...

Brazil PPI falls 0.25% in Feb, extending factory gate deflation. Food, fuel, chemicals drag prices; metals, machinery show ...

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An increasing global population and the resulting demand for commodities has made resource rich countries in Africa, South America and Asia hot prospects for industrial expansion. Extractive ...

Lower capacity countries often struggle to administer the Value Added Tax (VAT) in the extractive industries, partly due to the large VAT refunds needs of this capital and export-intensive sector.

As its name suggests, the Global Extraction Film Festival (GEFF) 2021—which this year consisted of more than 150 documentaries, shorts, and “urgent shorts” from over 40 countries—focuses on the ...

Oxfam believes that gender justice must be at the forefront of the extractive industries reform agenda. There is growing recognition that persistent structural gender inequality within the extractive ...