Description
Book SynopsisAfrica is endowed with commercially viable quantities of several minerals and metals, and, more than ever before, African countries wish to harness their mineral resources for their economic development. The African mining sector has witnessed a revolution in terms of new mining codes and amendments to extant mining codes, which are designed to achieve a multitude of objectives, including the assertion of greater control over exploitation of mineral resources; optimization of resource royalties and taxes; promotion of equity participation in mining projects; enhancement of indigenization in the form of domestic participation in mineral production and local content requirements; value addition and beneficiation in terms of domestic processing of raw mineral ores and metals in Africa; and the promotion of sustainable practices in the mining sector.
This book analyzes the legal and fiscal frameworks for hard-rock mining in several African countries including Botswana, Democratic
Table of Contents
1 Overview of Mining in Africa; 2 Types of Mineral Rights in Africa; 3 Acquisition of Mineral Rights; 4 Security of Mineral Tenure; 5 Fiscal Regimes for Mineral Exploitation; 6 Legal Stabilization of Mining Investments; 7 Resource Nationalism in The African Mining Industry; 8 Management and Utilization of Mining Revenues; 9 Mining and The Environment; 10 Conclusion
