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How far can institutional reforms strengthen mining sovereignty?
It is a string of new administrative services that the Government of Mali is putting in place as the provisions…
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How Mali intends to achieve its mining and energy sovereignty by the 2063 horizon?
To achieve the changes necessary for the realization of Mali Kura in an increasingly uncertain and unstable international context, we…
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EDM–Albatros: “take and pay” or “take or pay”?
The concession contract for the construction and operation of a 90 MW heavy fuel oil thermal power plant, signed between…
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Renegotiating contracts in the extractive and energy industries
Over the past five years, Africa has witnessed a series of debates on the governance of the extractive sector. Contracts…
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ICSID, the arbiter of major contracts
Established in 1966 under the auspices of the World Bank, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) is…
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When diplomacy enters the mines
Extractive disputes are not confined to negotiation rooms. Behind the scenes, diplomatic missions often stand alongside their industrial champions, revealing…
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Hilaire Diarra, from Barrick Gold to Koulouba: a strategic turning point for Mali?
In its previous issue, Point Focus devoted a profile to Hilaire Bébian Diarra, a Malian engineer who has become a…
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End of the standoff between the State of Mali and Barrick Gold: a look back at the case that shook Africa’s mining sector.
It was a saga that kept Mali’s and the international mining community on edge for just over forty months. An…
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