Tag: Extractive industries - tralac trade law centre

Sasol banking on big projects in Africa, US

04 Sep 17 News

Sasol, the international integrated chemicals and energy company, has several near-complete projects in the pipeline that the group is banking on for its future performance. The g...

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31 Aug 17 News

Interim EPA between the EU and the Eastern and Southern African States: report by the WTO Secretariat The Interim Agreement establishing a Framework for an Economic Partnership Ag...

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25 Aug 17 News

Profiled trade and integration events: (i) Today, in Maputo: South Africa-Mozambique Bi-national Commission. The South African government’s proposal to lead regional efforts to ...

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24 Aug 17 News

Today’s trade policy tweets: (i) Nigeria’s chief trade negotiator, Ambassador Chiedu Osakwe,‏ @ChieduOsakwe1: Tough negotiations at the CFTA, but the gains when concluded wi...

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23 Aug 17 News

Starting today, in Maputo: Mozambique hosts Tokyo International Conference on African development The meeting, which is taking place for the first time in Mozambique, has already ...

Chamber of Mines releases final independent report on trade misinvoicing

23 Aug 17 News

Calls on UNCTAD to withdraw its report and acknowledge its shortcomings The Chamber of Mines is pleased to release the third and final report in a series commissioned to examine t...

Is the world integrating or disintegrating?

17 Aug 17 News

The Sixty-Fourth Session of the UNCTAD Trade and Development Board will be held from 11 to 22 September 2017 in Geneva. A high-level dialogue will provide an opportunity to as...

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11 Aug 17 News

Today, by video conference: 3rd meeting of the CFTA TWGs, dedicated session on Annex A – Trade in Goods tralac Discussion: The final Trade Remedy arrangement of the Tripartite F...

IMF Executive Board 2017 Article IV Consultation with Botswana

10 Aug 17 News

On July 28, 2017, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Botswana, and considered and endorsed the staff appraisal ...

Kenya exports to Dar drop 34pc as standoff persists

07 Aug 17 News

Kenya’s exports to Tanzania have dropped by 34 per cent in the first five months of the year raising concerns over negative impacts of the long-running trade standoff. Exports t...

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01 Aug 17 News

Dangote Cement achieves massive revenue increase across Nigeria, other African countries (Premium Times) Dangote Cement, Africa’s largest cement producer, has announced its unau...

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31 Jul 17 News

Uganda Bureau of Statistics: Imports exports by region and country of origin, 2011 – 2016 South Africa: June 2017 trade surplus (SARS) The R10.67bn trade balance surplus for Ju...

‘A two-speed economy’: Mozambique Economic Update

31 Jul 17 News

Mozambique is increasingly “A two-speed economy” as extractives and mega projects drive recent growth whilst other sectors lag behind, according to the third edition of the Wor...

Tanzania exporters protest Kenya’s gas ban

24 Jul 17 News

Tanzanian gas exporters have termed Kenya’s ban on imports as protectionism, as its oil marketing firms lose their share of the market. They say the move is against fair competi...

Clean energy transition will increase demand for minerals, says new World Bank report

21 Jul 17 News

A new report released by the World Bank highlights the potential impacts that the expected continuing boom in low-carbon energy technologies will have on demand for many minerals a...

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20 Jul 17 News

Featured tweet, @AUTradeIndustry: The 9th Meeting of the CFTA Continental Task Force commenced to review Technical Documents for the 3rd CFTA Technical Working Groups Featured new...

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13 Jul 17 News

Reminder: Today’s out-of-cycle hearing on AGOA eligibility for Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania Commentary by Fredrick Kamusiime: The Review of AGOA Eligibility Status fo...

IMF Executive Board 2017 Article IV Consultation with Uganda

13 Jul 17 News

On July 7, 2017, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the 2017 Article IV consultation with Uganda and completed the eighth review of Uganda...

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05 Jul 17 News

Starting tomorrow, in Dar es Salaam: SADC DFI Network bi-annual meetings Presentations, documents: UNCTAD’s Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Pol...

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04 Jul 17 News

Ban on Dar’s products in Nairobi sparks trade, diplomatic dispute (The EastAfrican) Presidents John Magufuli and Uhuru Kenyatta have stepped in to stem an escalating trade war t...