dwright2025-03-17T09:31:42+11:0017.March.2025|

A major Australian Mining Company has secured terms from a major Insurer to replace its existing cash-backed environmental bond with a surety bond. The company is engaged in activities related to mineral extraction and development [...]

dwright2025-03-11T07:22:48+11:0011.March.2025|

The growing strength of violent non-state groups is threatening mining industries across swathes of Africa. Mozambique is battling a resurgent Islamic State offshoot in its resource-rich Cabo Delgado province; at the height of the group’s operational strength [...]

dwright2025-03-10T13:22:01+11:0010.March.2025|

Elsewhere in the region, kidnapping for ransom is also a major, yet growing threat in South Africa – one of the region’s most prolific producers of minerals. The country saw a surge in kidnapping cases in the [...]

dwright2025-01-14T07:41:31+11:0013.January.2025|

  It is with great pride that we celebrate the milestone of our company’s 46th anniversary. Today, we take a moment to reflect on our history, celebrate our achievements and look forward to the exciting [...]

dwright2024-11-14T14:45:01+11:0014.November.2024|

Resolute Mining has confirmed three of its executive employees have been detained in Africa. The boss of a Perth-based mining company who has been detained in Africa has not been harmed. The African-focused gold miner [...]

dwright2024-10-02T07:12:15+10:002.October.2024|

Geostrategic Intelligence - The sources of geopolitical instability and threats to business are now more diverse and widespread than even just five years ago. This more complex risk landscape has led to a surge in [...]

dwright2024-09-25T11:08:55+10:0025.September.2024|

  The group is warning that Geopolitical Risks are intensifying and a clear approach as to how best to identify and deal with these threats at a very early stage. Top risk threats The IRM [...]

dwright2024-09-24T14:51:39+10:0024.September.2024|

Around 2,200 workers have been made redundant and operations have stopped at all projects after the ISG Group collapse. The fallout from the collapse of ISG in the Bonding market is likely to be less [...]

dwright2024-08-27T06:56:07+10:0027.August.2024|

The Thai parliament’s swift approval of a new Prime Minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra should help to preserve policy continuity, but recent developments highlight the potential for Thailand’s volatile politics to have an impact on policymaking and [...]

dwright2024-07-11T07:25:10+10:0011.July.2024|

Some 47% of firms have experienced a political risk loss in excess of $50m and 96% said they have invested in political risk management capabilities. More than two-thirds of firms have reported supply chain disruptions relating to [...]

dwright2024-07-10T06:36:51+10:0010.July.2024|

Houthi militants attacks on the Red Sea have reinvigorated piracy networks in Somalia, with criminal groups growing in both number and force. The Yemen-based Houthi militants began attacking vessels in the Red Sea last year [...]

dwright2024-06-05T06:30:09+10:005.June.2024|

In a challenging year marked by geopolitical events, 69% of companies around the world reported supply chain disruptions due to political events. The findings found that 96% of companies have invested in new political risk [...]

dwright2024-05-31T10:51:41+10:0031.May.2024|

  Construction Industry - From 3D modelling to artificial intelligence, here are three ways digital design tools are changing the course of construction. Construction design has come a long way from the days of drafting boards, [...]

dwright2024-05-15T06:32:10+10:0015.May.2024|

As the value of construction projects has increased, so have risks for project owners and contractors. It’s not uncommon today to find commercial building and infrastructure projects topping $2 billion. Layer in the uncertainty of [...]

dwright2024-05-10T06:11:05+10:0010.May.2024|

Uzbekistan - Long-Term Prospect Remains Positive Despite Recent Downgrade Of St Political Risk Rating Resilient And Strong Economic Growth The Uzbek economy has been very resilient to external shocks as real GDP grew strongly over [...]

dwright2024-05-02T07:00:08+10:002.May.2024|

North American business leaders fear this election year will impact their ability to trade internationally with 32% of leaders saying political risk is their number one threat with 36% believing they are operating in a [...]

dwright2024-04-23T07:00:01+10:0023.April.2024|

Fitch cut its outlook on China's sovereign credit rating to negative on Wednesday, citing risks to public finances as the economy faces increasing uncertainty in its shift to new growth models. The outlook downgrade follows [...]

dwright2024-04-20T06:45:33+10:0020.April.2024|

  Ransoms - Nigeria will no longer pay ransoms to armed gangs that have plagued the country with kidnapping and extortion, President Bola Tinubu said. He made the statement as activists commemorated the 10th anniversary [...]

dwright2024-04-11T12:40:29+10:0011.April.2024|

Nigeria's Kidnapping Crisis - In early March 2024, more than 130 schoolchildren were kidnapped in Nigeria's northern state of Kaduna. Ten years after the Chibok schoolgirls' kidnapping, Nigeria is facing a resurgence of mass abductions. [...]

dwright2024-04-10T06:52:49+10:0010.April.2024|

Mining as a global industry is deeply exposed to the politics of the nations in which they operate. However, assessing the quality and risk associated with each of these jurisdictions can be a nuanced and [...]

dwright2024-03-14T16:27:36+11:0014.March.2024|

Political Risk From Government Interference All investments are subject to shifts in business climate and geopolitics and the whims of the investor and host government alike. For global businesses in 2024, government intervention is increasingly [...]

dwright2024-02-19T12:07:51+11:0019.February.2024|

  A robotics startup has secured funding to scale-up the number of robot brick-laying machines it can deploy on sites and increase the types of blocks and construction tasks the robots can manage. The Dutch [...]

dwright2024-01-22T12:28:57+11:0022.January.2024|

It is with pride that we celebrate the milestone of our company’s 45th anniversary.   Over the past four and a half decades, Stening Simpson Group of Companies has evolved, overcoming challenges and adapting to change.  [...]

dwright2024-01-18T13:02:48+11:0018.January.2024|

Lai Ching-te of Taiwan’s independence-minded Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), was elected president of the raucously democratic island that China claims as it’s own. His win was historic: no party has won Taiwan’s presidency three times in [...]

dwright2024-01-10T20:55:50+11:0010.January.2024|

War over Taiwan would have a cost in blood and treasure so vast that even those unhappiest with the status quo have reason not to risk it. Bloomberg Economics estimate the price tag at around [...]