Get a free lesson
Just type your contacts
It's totally free
Contact us
Leave a request and we will call you back
Subscribe to the Unicase Newsletter
Be the first to know about current events
We rendered a full legal support to a Wolfram Mining Company, engaged in mining operations and producing the highest quality tungsten concentrate, and the production output of its deposit is about 2,238 thousand tonnes of ore a year. The main investor in the project cannot be disclosed, but it is a large Chinese Mining and Investment company.
Confidential
A Wolfram Mining Company, Procurement Operations
MENU
The Kazakhstan Subsoil Use Code requires the users to procure works through open tender procedure. In this regard, Unicase provided full legal assistance to the Client on holding procurement tenders, in particular for the procurement of works for field development, drilling, and blasting operations. The Team drafted tender documentation for the procurement and the contract to be signed with potential contractors in accordance with the legislation. We also provided ongoing legal support on various issues arising during procurement procedures.
Kazakhstan is the 9th largest country in the world with enormous mineral resources. Such projects are strategically important as they contribute to the development of the country's economy. The total reserves of tungsten trioxide in Kazakhstan are estimated at 2 million tonnes, and the deposit is one of the largest.
The Project involved creating internal procurement mechanisms for the Client from scratch. Violation of the procurement procedures by subsoil users may lead to disqualification of the works, services, and goods procured from the work programme.
Impact & Outcome
Eventually, these will not be counted as the fulfilment of the subsoil user commitments under the relevant contract, which in turn may result in a subsoil use contract termination by the Kazakhstan government. Unicase provided full support to the Client to drive any noncompliance with the procurement rules out and to make certain everything went smooth.
The procured works on the tungsten field development will contribute to the development of the solid minerals mining industry, new jobs creation, as well as Kazakhstan export potential improvement.
Cases
We advised China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) on all legal issues arising in their construction activity in Kazakhstan.
We rendered a full legal support to a Wolfram Mining Company, engaged in mining operations and producing the highest quality tungsten concentrate, and the production output of its deposit is about 2,238 thousand tonnes of ore a year.
We assisted the largest Chinese Mining Company with the first category construction licence and with searching a prospective target to invest in Kazakhstan.
In this Project, we acted as a legal adviser to the Kazakhstan Project Preparation Fund LLP, which is a sole consultant of the state authorities with respect to PPP projects in Kazakhstan.
Unicase advised the Kazakhstan Ministry of Health and the Public-Private Partnership Advisory Centre (KPPF) on a concession project for the construction and operation of a Multi-Disciplinary Hospital under Sd.
Unicase acted as a legal adviser to the Kazakhstan Project Preparation Fund LLP, which is an exclusive consultant of the state authorities, with respect to the PPP projects monitoring system in Kazakhstan.
We advised EBRD and a European Company on implementation of a Green City Action Plan in the cities of Semey and Ust-Kamenogorsk in the East Kazakhstan region.
The Unicase Team advised EBRD, IFC, the Ministry of Investment, and PPP Centre on the construction and operation of the “Almaty Bypass Road (BAKAD)” project, currently the largest public-private partnership project in Central Asia, US$680-million worth.
We advised EBRD and a European Company on implementation of a Green City Action Plan in the cities of Semey and Ust-Kamenogorsk in the East Kazakhstan region.
Unicase provided the Client with legal advisory services within a pilot project on building and operating a 100-megawatt solar power plant, based on a private bilateral sleeved PPA mechanism. In particular, we provided regulatory support on the Kazakhstan law governing the renewable energy sector, especially on the regulation of bilateral PPAs in Kazakhstan.