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Venezuelan lawmakers open debate on a mining bill to lure foreign capital
The bill introduces international arbitration and longer mining concessions to attract investment amid U.S.-China competition for critical minerals, aiming to stabilize Venezuela's economy.
- Venezuela's National Assembly approved a mining law to allow foreign and domestic companies to exploit gold, diamonds, and rare earths, increasing concessions from 20 to 30 years.
- The law creates new tax calculations for mining projects, allows for international arbitration of disputes, and bans high-ranking officials from holding mining titles.
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Caracas. Venezuela’s parliament approved yesterday in first discussion a new mining law, the most recent proposed in the framework of a package of changes backed by the United States aimed at opening the economy to foreign private investment in oil and minerals. A draft of the law not yet published, repeals a regulation law on the subject of 1999 and another on gold, of 2015, and allows foreign and national firms to exploit gold ore, diamonds an…
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