In recent years, the Chinese government has committed additional resources in promoting research and development (R&D). At the same time, China has started implementing a more targeted foreign direct investment (FDI) policy. Using firm level panel data from China's iron ore mining industry, this...

The public trust doctrine makes natural resources a part of the commons, owned equally by all, and legally owned by the state. The resources and opportunities that the present generation have inherited must be available to future generations in perpetuity. In the Goa mining case, the Supreme...

In this case, the Supreme Court of Appeal upheld the decision of Zondo J in Sishen Iron Ore Company (Pty) Limited v Minister of Mineral Resources (28980/10) [2011] ZAGPPHC 220 (20 December 2011) in respect of the extinction of an undivided share in an old order mining right that had been held...

We employ interactive quantile regressions to assess conditional linkages between foreign aid, iron ore exports and terrorism from a panel of 78 developing countries for the period 1984-2008. The following main findings are established. First, it is primarily in the countries with the highest...