Sector Licensing Studies : Mining Sector

This report is intended to provide guidance on best practices in mining licensing, based on examples from low, middle and high income countries in Africa, Asia, North America, and South America. It is not a 'how-to guide' or a licensing implementation toolkit, but rather identifies certain common features of successful mining licensing regimes worldwide that other national or sub-national jurisdictions might usefully incorporate in new mining laws and regulations or revisions or existing ones. The case studies and other examples of good and bad practice are intended to provide a cross-section by geography and by income level, and they demonstrate that the prevalence of good and bad practices is not simply a function of income level. Tanzania, one of the poorest countries in the world, has in many respects a better licensing regime than either South Africa or the U.S. State of Wisconsin. In considering these complex issues, it has proven difficult to confine the discussion purely to questions of licensing. Discussion of licensing invariably invokes reference to overall policy and investment climate issues, environmental protection, labor law, taxation, national and sub-national jurisdiction, land tenure, and much more. This report makes no attempt to address all of these in detail but refers to them in reference to their interactions with and effect on, licensing itself. Far more detailed research on mineral policy, taxation, investment climate, and other issues has been carried out, some of it referred to in this report and cited in the footnotes and bibliography.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	International Finance Corporation
Format:	Report biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2011
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES, ALUMINUM, AMORTIZATION, AQUATIC LIFE, ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE MINING, ARTISANAL MINING, BENEFICIATION, CADASTRE, CAPITAL FORMATION, CHROMIUM, COAL, COAL INDUSTRY, COBALT, COMMUNITY CONSULTATION, COMPETITIVE MARKETS, COMPLIANCE COSTS, CONCESSION AREAS, CONCESSION HOLDER, COPPER, COPPER MINE, COPPER MINING, CYANIDE, DECISION MAKING, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES, DIAMOND MINES, DIAMONDS, DIVIDENDS, DOMESTIC MINING INDUSTRY, DRILLING, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC IMPACT, EITI, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP, ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS, ENVIRONMENTS, EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION, EXCHANGE RATES, EXCLUSIVE RIGHT, EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS, EXPLOITATION, EXPLOITATION LICENSES, EXPLORATION AND MINING, EXPLORATION AND MINING LICENSES, EXPLORATION LICENSE, EXPLORATION LICENSES, EXTRACTION OF MINERALS, EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES, EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE, EXTRACTIVE SECTOR, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, FOREIGN INVESTMENT, FOREIGN MINING, FORESTRY, GAS, GEMSTONES, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOLOGY, GEOTHERMAL ENERGY, GLOBAL BUSINESS, GOLD, GOLD MINE, GOLD MINERS, GOLD MINING, GRAVEL, HARDROCK MINING, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, HEALTH AND SAFETY, HEAVY METALS, INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, INFORMAL MINERS, INVESTMENT CLIMATE, INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES, IRON, IRON ORE, LABOR FORCE, LAND USE, LAND USE PLANNING, LARGE MINING, LEACHING, LICENSE FEES, LIMESTONE, MARKET ECONOMIES, MARKET POWER, METAL PRODUCTS, METALLIC MINING, METALS, MINE OPERATORS, MINE OWNER, MINE SITE, MINE WORKERS, MINERAL DEPOSITS, MINERAL EXPLORATION, MINERAL EXPORTS, MINERAL EXTRACTION, MINERAL LICENSE, MINERAL MINING, MINERAL POLICY, MINERAL PRICES, MINERAL PRODUCERS, MINERAL PRODUCTION, MINERAL PROSPECTING, MINERAL RESERVES, MINERAL RESOURCE, MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RIGHTS, MINERAL ROYALTIES, MINERAL WEALTH, MINERALS, MINERALS DEVELOPMENT, MINERALS LAW, MINERALS LIFE CYCLE, MINERALS PROCESSING, MINERALS PRODUCTION, MINERALS SECTOR, MINES, MINING ACTIVITIES, MINING ACTIVITY, MINING AND MINERALS, MINING CLAIM AREA, MINING CLAIMS, MINING COMPANIES, MINING COMPANY, MINING CONCESSIONS, MINING DEVELOPMENT, MINING INDUSTRY, MINING INVESTMENT, MINING INVESTMENTS, MINING LAW, MINING LAW AND REGULATIONS, MINING LAW REFORM, MINING LEGAL REGIMES, MINING LEGISLATION, MINING LICENSE, MINING OPERATION, MINING POLICIES, MINING POLICY, MINING PRODUCTION, MINING PROJECT, MINING PROJECTS, MINING REGULATION, MINING RIGHTS, MINING SECTOR, MINING SECTOR POLICY, MINING SECTOR REFORM, MINING TITLE, MINING TITLES, MISMANAGEMENT, MOLYBDENUM, MULTIPLIERS, NATIONAL INCOME, NATURAL RESOURCES, NICKEL, OIL, OUTPUT MULTIPLIER, OWNERSHIP OF MINERALS, PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, POLICY ENVIRONMENT, POLICY MAKERS, POTENTIAL INVESTORS, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, PRECIOUS METALS, PRIVATE MINING, PRIVATE SECTOR MINING COMPANIES, PRIVATIZATION, PRODUCERS, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PROSPECTING, PUBLIC GOOD, PUBLIC HEARINGS, PUBLIC LAND, PUBLIC LANDS, QUARRYING, RECLAMATION, RECLAMATION PLANS, RENEWABLE RESOURCE, RENEWABLE RESOURCES, RESOURCE CURSE, RESOURCE-RICH COUNTRIES, REVENUE COLLECTION, ROYALTY PAYMENTS, SAFETY STANDARDS, SAND, SILVER, SMALL SCALE, SMALL SCALE MINERS, SMALL SCALE MINING, SMALL SCALE MINING LICENSES, SMALL-SCALE, SMALL-SCALE MINERS, SMALL-SCALE MINING, SMALL-SCALE MINING OPERATORS, SMALL-SCALE MINING SECTOR, STREAMS, SUSTAINABILITY, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, TAX, TAX RATE, TAX RATES, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, UNEMPLOYMENT, URANIUM, WAGES, WORKER SAFETY, ZINC,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/867071468155129330/Sector-licensing-studies-mining-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27787
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