Weekly GOXI, 3 September, 2018

A weekly digest of activity on GOXI

Under Rwanda's new mining law, "a person found culpable of causing mining site human injury, disability, incurable disease, or death faces up to 10 years in jail or fine of up to Rwf10 million." Nuwagira shares highlights from the new law and the jitters it is causing among some in the industry. 

Ghana can escape a resource curse--if only it implements  the regulations it has adopted, according to Ishmael Ackah.

Too bad Ghana is stuck in a bad neigborhood. Through econometric analysis, Ackah also looks at the effect of bad company on good character.

As  Kenya too prepares to join the league of oil-producing nations, Gilbert Makore wonders why the Early Oil Pilot Scheme (EOPS) came before the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA). Makore also looks at the gaps that led to a community road blockade,  calling it a litmus test of Kenya's oil governance.

In Iraq, however, street protests haven not stopped the country's oil production from hitting a 13-month high at 4.5 million barrels per day as oil-producing regions demand a bigger share of revenues.

And Rachel Etter-Phoya  chronicles Malawi's journey to full contract transparency.

These and more jobs, blogs, photos, videos, and discussions on GOXI.

• Keron Kilip; Government Affairs Advisor - Oil Search Ltd; Papua, New Guinea
• Michele Renda; Compliance Counsel - Washington Dc, United States
• Gabriel Castillo; PhD Researcher - The University of British Columbia; Vancouver, Canada
• Paula Stella; Communications Officer - ARM; Geneva, Switzerland
• Mayra Valladares; Environmental Engineer - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Pontsho Ledwaba; ASM Conference 2018; Johannesburg, South Africa, September 10 - 11, 2018 - RSVP
• AusIMM; AusIMM's Global Mining Leaders Conference 2018; Perth; September 10 - 11, 2018 - RSVP
• The Mine Water Division (MWD) of the Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA), Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), Water Research Commission (WRC) and International Mine Water Association (IMWA); Environmental and Sustainable Development — Meetings/Workshops on Ecosystems, Environment and Sustainable Development in South Africa; Gauteng, South Africa; September 10 - 14, 2018 - RSVP
• Daniel Franks; ASM18; Livingstone, Zambia; September 10 - 11, 2018 - RSVP
• AusIMM; Calling for Abstracts | PACRIM 2019; September 11, 2018 - RSVP
• ACP-EU Development Minerals Programme; International Conference on Artisanal and Small-scale Mining & Quarrying; Livingstone, Zambia; September 12 - 13, 2018 - RSVP
• UNDP & The World Bank; Forest-Smart Mining to Advance the New York Declaration on Forests and the Sustainable Development Goals; New York; September 25, 2018 - RSVP
• Prudence Ukwishate; RDF's Online Repository Training II; October 9, 2018 - RSVP

• EITI, Oslo - Intern Latin America and the Caribbean at EITI - Apply
• GIZ - Advisor (m/f/d) for Extractive Resource Governance - Apply
• IGF Secretariat - Consultant for Gender in Mining Tool - Apply
• Kumi - Sustainability Analyst, London - Apply

Rodrigo Cassola is a Technical Manager at CDP. CDP runs a global disclosure system that enables companies to measure and disclose their environmental impacts, representing the most comprehensive collection of self-reported environmental data in the world. In his role, Cassola explores ways for mining companies to disclose their impacts on forests and biodiversity, informing investor decision-making and other stakeholders.

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