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Resource Nationalism Sweeps Latin America's Top Mining Countries
By Cecilia Jamasmie
Mining.com, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Thursday, August 19, 2021
A move toward resource expropriation, tax and royalty increases, as well as demands for local participation in companies' ownership, all resource nationalism components, continues to increase, with Latin America taking centre stage, a new study shows.
According to the latest report from risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft, there is a clear four-year trend in minerals-rich nations to seek greater control over the revenues generated by their natural resources, which is expected to increase over the next two years.
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The consultancy identified 66 countries out of the 198 included in the resource nationalism index (RNI), or 33% of them, that have tightened the grip on their riches since 2017.
Latin America is the jurisdiction where risks of expropriation and taxes hikes have increased the most, the study says. Mexico stands out as seeing the nation where the risks have climbed the most, driven by López Obrador administration's nationalist agenda that wields community and environmental arguments as justification for greater state involvement in the extractive sector, Verisk Maplecroft says. ...
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https://www.mining.com/resource-nationalism-sweeps-latin-american-top-mining-countries/
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