What Mining Can Learn from Oil: A Study of Special Transfer Pricing Practices in the Oil Sector, and their Potential Application to Hard Rock Minerals
This paper looks at whether special practices in the oil sector that provide materially greater protection against transfer pricing risk could be applied to hard rock minerals. These are (1) administrative pricing, where government, rather than the taxpayer sets the price for crude oil; and (2) the no-profit rule, which prevents joint venture partners from charging a profit mark-up on the cost of providing goods and services to the group. The paper finds that administrative pricing may be effective at curtailing undercharging of specific mineral products, for example, base and precious metals. The no-profit rule is a less obvious “fit” for mining given the lack of joint ventures, and alternative rules to limit cost overstatement may be required instead
Governing Extractive Industries-A book
Uses Latin American and African case studies to form a broad geographical comparison also compares countries over long historical periods in order to allow readers to see patterns over time. Combines theory and deep empirical analysis, explaining concepts and supporting them with broad based substantiation
Extending the reach of multi-tier sustainable supply chain management – Insights from mineral supply chains
TTriadic or tetradic multi-tier sustainable supply chain management (MT-SSCM) research emerged recently to reach out towards raw material suppliers and to address their often severe sustainability impacts. This is especially relevant in mineral supply chains (SCs) which consist of a commodity chain upstream and an end-product chain downstream. To comprehensively investigate the reach of MT-SSCM in mineral SCs, the extant Delphi study brought together 44 global authors on sustainability in mineral SCs. They contributed their professional knowledge in three questionnaire rounds, which systematically identify, evaluate and contrast the sustainability challenges in mineral SCs. As a result, a generic mineral SC structure is derived and 17 major sustainability issues are identiﬁed. Moreover, the ﬁndings reveal that all but two sustainability issues need to be addressed in the upstream SC. As mineral SCs might comprise up to nine tiers, the most impactful tiers lie outside the reach of current MT-SSCM concepts, which are limited to triads or tetrads by the visible horizon or lacking power of the focal ﬁrm. We thus propose a cascaded MT-SSCM approach which links the up- and downstream SC parts. Moreover, individual focal ﬁrms for each SC part are deﬁned, which build a direct strategic link. This link enables that tailored managerial responses can be cascaded into the respective SC parts, where the individual sustainability issues can best be addressed. This cascaded design represents a novel approach in MT-SSCM which multiplies existing concepts. Moreover, the challenges and opportunities, which the cascaded approach raises for MT-SSCM research are discussed and outlined.The article can be accessed at: 
Guinea will host the headquarters of the African Minerals Development Center (AMDC). This is an outcome of the 31st Summit of the Heads of States and Governments of the African Union (AU) held in Mauritania, from 25 June to 2 July. Created in 2013, AMDC is the African Union’s specialized institution that implements the Africa Mining Vision (AMV), developed in 2009 for “a transparent, equitable and optimal exploitation of mineral resources to underpin broad-based sustainable growth and socio-economic development” by 2050.
Launch of second phase of Kinyerezi II power project September, said the Tanesco board chair Alexander Kyaruzi during the 42nd Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair.
AECOM expands presence in East Africa’s oil and gas industry
The oil and gas sector in East Africa is on the verge of a major boom, as various infrastructure projects are expected to coming online, according to Bridget Ssamula, managing director of AECOMUganda.
Ethiopia begins trials for crude oil production
Ethiopia has started a trial of crude oil production at the Kalub and Hilala fields, located in the east of the country. Ethiopia is also planning to upgrade its downstream portfolio to boost oil and gas infrastructure. The test-production is undertaken by Chinese oil and gas exploration company Poly-GCL Petroleum Holdings Investment Ltd (POY-GCL).