Could potash bring Eritrea in from the cold?
Eritrea has one of the world's most brutal dictatorships, but could a huge potash mine be an economic game changer?
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How China is enabling an environmental crisis in the Balkans
Chinese investments are inflaming a health and environmental emergency in the western Balkans. Why are politicians turning a blind eye?
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The state of play: FDI in the DRC
A host of problems serve as barriers to FDI into the Democratic Republic of Congo, but its untapped mineral resources…
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The state of play: FDI in Peru
As a country with a high reliance on extractive industries, FDI in Peru is poised to shrink as mining takes…
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Kazakhstan looks to mining to Covid-proof economy
Kazakhstan wants to attract greater FDI to exploit its wealth of mineral resources and boost its mining sector as the…
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The state of play: FDI in Colombia
Colombia’s emergence from its troubled past continued in 2019, as its FDI levels rose once again, but its reliance on…
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The state of play: FDI in Australia
Australia’s FDI performance had already been slowing in 2019, and the country now has the impact of Covid-19 to deal…
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Covid-19 creates supply and demand crisis for oil and gas
Demand for oil is likely to decrease by 23.1 million barrels per day in Q2 as oversupply and less demand…
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