Metals, mining and money markets
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Commodities Markets
Commentary: Coal down but not out
The following is an edited excerpt of a speech about the global outlook for coal by Dean Dalla Valle, president of BHP Billiton Coal, at the CEDA Energy and Resources series in Brisbane, Australia, where BHP has consolidated its metallurgical…
Why building a mine on budget is so rare
There is an established history of capital-cost overruns in the mining industry stretching back at least 50 years, mining analyst Christopher Haubrich told the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference in Toronto in…
Metals, mining and money markets
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Shadowy Chinese loans behind copper’s decline
VANCOUVER — In recent years, as prices for many resources slide, copper has held its ground. Gold and silver stumbled, uranium and iron ore deteriorated, and coal and potash dragged, but copper simply settled from a five-year high of…
Chrysalix to fund innovators
Chrysalix Global Network, a venture capital fund based in Vancouver, is looking to be a player in the mining industry’s next wave of innovation.
Commentary: BofA Merrill Lynch tweaks metal price forecasts
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has lowered its price forecasts for a number of commodities — including copper and iron that are heavily imported by China — but it also believes gold could bottom out this year, while nickel and zinc…
Metals, mining and money markets
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Sweden, Finland, Alberta, atop Fraser Institute rankings
VANCOUVER — Canadian non-profit research group the Fraser Institute has released its annual Survey of Mining Companies, which gauges the geographic investment temperature by polling 690 exploration, development and other mining-related…
Editorial: Oliver rises to finance minister
Although the move was long anticipated due to his chronic ill health, it still felt surprising that Canada’s third-longest serving finance minister, Jim Flaherty, was finally resigning from cabinet after eight years in the post.
Metals, mining and money markets
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One of the world’s great rock collections heads to the ROM
A recent donation from Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI) has Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) on the cusp of finally bringing the Kirwin ore deposit collection to Canada.