Mineral-rich countries are ensuring that they are extracting sufficient economic rent for the rights of mining companies to exploit their resources. Each month, countries announce increases, or intended increases, in resource revenues via taxes, royalties, beneficiation or state ownership. Yet at the same time, we are now increasingly seeing countries change their laws to encourage mining investment. EY’s monthly update, which focuses on mining and metals, summarizes these legislative and taxation changes by country to help you better manage the implications of resource nationalism.