Mining & Natural Resources

Our Mining & Natural Resources work

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• Acquisition of 96 mining licenses

  Advising one of the world’s largest commodities traders on the acquisition of 96 mining licenses in Brazil

  Brazil

  Acquisition of coal mining licences

  Advising Cokal Ltd, an Australian Listed Company, on acquiring interests in coal mining licence interests in Tanzania

  Tanzania

  Chinese coal trader on multi-million USD dispute

  Advising a major Chinese coal trader on multi-million USD disputes and issues arising from sale of Indonesian coal under SCOTA contract and transportation issues.

  Indonesia

  Coal exporter in various arbitrations valued at USD 500 million

  Acting for a coal exporter in various arbitrations valued at USD 500 million, including USD 280 million SIAC arbitration against a power producer concerning the export of several million tones of thermal coal from Indonesia after the Indonesian Government imposed new export requirements

  Indonesia

  Construction contracts for the Tonkolili iron ore project in Sierra Leone

  Advising a mining and exploration company on construction contracts, including labour and material issues, as part of the Tonkolili iron ore project. Their flagship asset is the AIM listed Tonkolili iron ore project in Sierra Leone. At Tonkolili African Minerals has a confirmed JORC magnetite iron ore resource of 10.5 billion tonnes, the largest magnetite resource in the world. We are now advising them on the port and rail aspects of this project. This will establish facilities that will...

  Sierra Leone

  Design & construction agreements for a Mongolian open-pit coal mine

  Advising an international contractor on the design, construction and exploitation of an open-pit coal mine in Mongolia.

  Mongolia

  Federal Court proceedings for collapse of underground mine workings

  Acting for the insurers of a large consulting engineering firm in relation to Federal Court of Australia proceedings which alleged that they were responsible for the collapse of underground mine workings.

  Australia

  ICSID arbitration

  Advising on an investment arbitration at ICSID for an Australian listed mining company against The Gambia in connection with a dispute regarding cancellation of a mining licence

  Gambia

  Indemnity claim for property damage and business interruption of mine site

  Acting for a large, ASX listed energy company in a claim for indemnity for property damage and business interruption arising out of issues with a mine site in Eastern Africa.

  Central African Republic

  Investment of USD 10 billion for mine construction in Saudi Arabia

  Advising Amwal Al Khaleej on its investment in a USD 10 billion project for the construction of an alumina mine in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

   

  Saudi Arabia
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• Indemnity claim for property damage and business interruption of mine site

  Acting for a large, ASX listed energy company in a claim for indemnity for property damage and business interruption arising out of issues with a mine site in Eastern Africa.

  Central African Republic

  Pre-IPO refinancing and subscription of USD 120 million

  Advising Delta Mining Consolidated (DMC) in relation to various pre-IPO refinancings and involved in a subscription of USD 120 million by London Mining into DMC.

  Central African Republic

  ICSID arbitration

  Advising on an investment arbitration at ICSID for an Australian listed mining company against The Gambia in connection with a dispute regarding cancellation of a mining licence

  Gambia

  USD 20 billion Simandou South iron ore mining in Guinea

  Advising on the high profile, USD 20 billion Simandou South iron ore mining project. This project is one of the world’s largest untapped high quality iron ore deposits and the project includes the construction of a 700km railway and the development of a deep water port to the south of Conakry, Guinea’s capital. Once developed it is set to be the largest integrated iron ore mine and infrastructure project ever developed in Africa and it offers the potential to transform the development of...

  Guinea

  Construction contracts for the Tonkolili iron ore project in Sierra Leone

  Advising a mining and exploration company on construction contracts, including labour and material issues, as part of the Tonkolili iron ore project. Their flagship asset is the AIM listed Tonkolili iron ore project in Sierra Leone. At Tonkolili African Minerals has a confirmed JORC magnetite iron ore resource of 10.5 billion tonnes, the largest magnetite resource in the world. We are now advising them on the port and rail aspects of this project. This will establish facilities that will...

  Sierra Leone

  Acquisition of coal mining licences

  Advising Cokal Ltd, an Australian Listed Company, on acquiring interests in coal mining licence interests in Tanzania

  Tanzania

• Acquisition of 96 mining licenses

  Advising one of the world’s largest commodities traders on the acquisition of 96 mining licenses in Brazil

  Brazil

  Revocation of a tar sands mining licence

  Representing US Investors in a dispute concerning the Government of Ecuador’s revocation of a tar sands mining licence and Ecuador’s renunciation of its ICSID membership

  Ecuador

• Federal Court proceedings for collapse of underground mine workings

  Acting for the insurers of a large consulting engineering firm in relation to Federal Court of Australia proceedings which alleged that they were responsible for the collapse of underground mine workings.

  Australia

  Coal exporter in various arbitrations valued at USD 500 million

  Acting for a coal exporter in various arbitrations valued at USD 500 million, including USD 280 million SIAC arbitration against a power producer concerning the export of several million tones of thermal coal from Indonesia after the Indonesian Government imposed new export requirements

  Indonesia

  Chinese coal trader on multi-million USD dispute

  Advising a major Chinese coal trader on multi-million USD disputes and issues arising from sale of Indonesian coal under SCOTA contract and transportation issues.

  Indonesia

  USD 125 million secured financing of copper mining-smelting enterprise

  Advising a bank on a USD 125 million secured financing to a Kazakhstan copper mining-smelting enterprise (involving collateral including the pledge of raw materials, bank accounts and vehicles)

  Kazakhstan

  Design & construction agreements for a Mongolian open-pit coal mine

  Advising an international contractor on the design, construction and exploitation of an open-pit coal mine in Mongolia.

  Mongolia

• Investment of USD 10 billion for mine construction in Saudi Arabia

  Advising Amwal Al Khaleej on its investment in a USD 10 billion project for the construction of an alumina mine in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

   

  Saudi Arabia