Mining Company Seeks To Confirm Award, Enforce Order Against Sierra Leone

(October 10, 2019, 9:44 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A mining company whose right to ship mined ore was suspended indefinitely by the Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone filed a petition on Sept. 25 in District of Columbia federal court, seeking to confirm an arbitration award entered in its favor and seeking to enforce an arbitrator’s emergency order allowing the company to resume shipping operations (SL Mining Ltd., v. The Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone, No. 19-2888, D. D.C.)....