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Mining arbitrations in Africa

Audley Sheppard QC, Amanda Murphy and Karolina Rozycka
Clifford Chance

29 April 2022

By its nature, mining is a risky business that makes the sector inherently predisposed to disputes. It is thus no surprise that the mining sector has extensively resorted to international arbitration to resolve disputes in Africa in recent years, and 2021 was no exception.

A number of new mining arbitrations involving African states were commenced over the past year, including three against the Republic of the Congo, as well as cases involving Mali, Mauritania, Sierra Leone and Cameroon. Most of the new known disputes that have arisen involve commodities that currently constitute a significant portion of African mineral exports, namely gold and iron ore (in addition to oil and gas).

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Full article:
https://globalarbitrationreview.com/review/the-middle-eastern-and-african-arbitration-review/2022/article/mining-arbitrations-in-africa