How Courts are Leading Change for Mining Law in BC with International Standards

Peter Bell

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: Mining is a global industry where jurisdictions are endowed with different amounts of natural resources and then create institutional frameworks to regulate the extraction of their endowment by local or global entities. As metal prices reach all-time highs, there is more competition than ever among different jurisdictions to attract global investment and encourage local business development based on all aspects of mining. However, there is also an increase in the prevalence of international legal frameworks to create minimum standards for mining. For example, the province of British Columbia in Canada created a new law in 2019 that was used by the courts in 2023 to force the executive branch to make changes that the legislative branch was already working on to roll out in 2027. This article details the ongoing story of BC, where different branches of government interact with each other in new ways based on provincial laws that implement an international framework.

Keywords: Mining; BC; Canada; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; United Nations; Taxes; Law; Institutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B5 B52 D3 D7 D79 E6 E65 F2 F5 F53 G3 G38 H1 H13 H2 H25 H5 H7 K0 K2 K23 K3 L3 L32 L5 L51 L6 L61 L7 L72 N5 O1 O13 O2 P1 Q3 Q32 Q33 Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-12-27
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