Observers have expressed concern that Chinese mining companies operating in Latin America are more egregious violators of labor and environmental standards than other mining companies. Critics point to the case of one op...
Over the past 15 years, with the database of over 800 mining industrial investors, New Tigers Consulting has worked with more than 70 foreign junior and producing mining companies and represented them in China to secure project investors and offtake partners. To match the recent requirements from...
This article analyzes the developmental impact of two of the earliest investments made by Chinese companies in South America, the Shougang Corporation's mining activities in Peru and Andes Petroleum's oil extraction operations in Ecuador. The article draws attention to the importance of contextualizing...
Regarding the countries where Chinese enterprises have invested, their investments in Latin America have predominantly focused on South American countries such as Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Peru. From the investment structure perspective, the...
“What mining companies should be doing in Zimbabwe is to follow the laws of the country,” said Chinhema, the labor union leader. “We do not expect investors who come and impose their way of doing things to workers. We expect them to follow the laws.” ...
Our focus is control by Chinese companies, which poses additional problems in that many of them are state-controlled. The general problems of control over state-owned companies in the mining sector have been dealt with in detail by Radetzki. He concludes that also in this specific case that ...
The world’s top consumer of commodities including copper and iron ore, China and its regulators play a key role in any global resources combination. In the aftermath of last week’s proposal, its mining companies are still trying to understand the exact configuration of a deal that is still...
sophisticated,” notes Tivey. “It is now more common for their M&A teams to comprise Chinese nationals who have trained and worked abroad and are very experienced in cross-border transactions. In the case of MMG, this is supplemented by a very experienced team of Australian-based mining ...
Shacman was at the Chilean Mining Exposition this year to showcase their large heavy-duty vehicles. In Chile and in Peru, Caterpillar and others sell giant bulldozers and dump trucks to work open pit copper mines. The trucks are so tall that pickup trucks working there are required to erect...
It was made clear that China's program of reforms will allow the participation of foreign companies in the Chinese market, which would offer other APEC members potential access to over 1.3 billion consumers, said Mongilardi. "He (Xi) also announced that China would reach out to the world wit...