Analysis

Change with the times: Countries around the world are revisiting the rules they apply to the mining sector
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Over the past few years, with commodity prices spiralling ever higher and minerals like gold reaching record levels, many host governments have felt that they were missing out on potential windfalls from their extractive industries – much needed in an era of global belt-tightening. Amongst conditions of economic uncertainty, the mining sector – on the back of unprecedented profits during the…

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Maritime links: Improved port infrastructure and services to facilitate trade
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The dilapidated state of some of the country’s infrastructure, not to mention limited access to it, has in recent years made it difficult for maritime transport operators in Gabon to keep up with the growing pace of demand driven by extractive industries, construction and forestry (see Mining chapter). To make sure maritime transport continues to play a key role in Gabon’s economic development,…