Over the last decade, increasing demand for mining commodities has led to rapid and
large-scale development of mining exploration and recovery activities in Asia and
Australasia.
In many cases, the legislative regimes have had to react to this by developing
improved legal frameworks to allow foreign investment in mineral extraction.
However, the position varies significantly between the more mature mining locations,
such as Indonesia and Australia, and emerging markets such as Mongolia and
Vietnam, which are faced with the challenge of trying to introduce a clear set of
laws and policies to cover the technical and commercial issues of mining activities,
while trying to keep pace with the rapid economic growth and demand from foreign
investors.
In this guide, we compare some of the legal issues faced by foreign investors when
considering investment in a mining project in four of the rapidly developing mining
hotspots within the Asia-Pacific region.
