Venezuela and the Curse of Oil

With Venezuela home to the world’s largest crude oil reserves you’d be forgiven for thinking the country’s people must enjoy a super high standard of living. Sadly, however, due to chronic mismanagement and corruption, the black gold has benefitted a select few only, with ordinary citizens currently wrestling with hyper-inflation,…

Dreams versus Reality

 Cuba looks like a profitable investment destination, and the Caribbean country is in search of foreign funding to become the new nucleus for global trade. Home to more than 11 million consumers, it is only 198 nautical miles from the Port of Havana to the Port of Miami,…

The Road Ahead Looks Good

Iran is ready and raring to go. It is opening its doors to Western companies at a time where businesses are struggling with weak growth in Europe. The story of Iran is unfolding like an exciting page-turner, packed with anticipation and promise. For the most part, Iran has gone it…

Greenland Moving Forward

In South Greenland two major multi-element rare earth projects are well advanced. The Tanbreez Ltd Kringlerne (Killlavaat Alannguat) zirconium-tantalum-rare earth element deposit is one of the world’s largest reserves of undeveloped heavy rare earth elements. The ore is contained within the rare earth silicate mineral eudialyte. The inferred resource is more…

The New Landscape of International Tax

  The changing global landscape of international tax entail challenges for multinational companies in adjusting and adopting their investment approach to the new regulatory environment.  Regulatory changes There are currently several ongoing regulatory changes within the international tax area.  The OECD base erosion and profit shifting project (BEPS) – initiated…

Mining the future of Greenland

Situated in the Arctic, between northern Canada and Europe, Greenland is one of the last frontiers of mineral and petroleum exploration. That is not to say that there is no history of mining in Greenland – far from it. Greenland has a long mining history dating back to the 1800s,…