Editorial: What’s next for REEs?
Over the past few years we’ve seen booms and busts for niche-market metals like uranium and molybdenum. Now it’s time for the rare earth elements (REE) subsector to endure a similar correction.
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Commentary: HR challenges in exploration
The federal government-funded Mining Industry Human Resources Council (MiHR) and the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) have released a report that analyzes the labour market for mineral exploration in Canada and the human…
Editorial: Lordy, have we hit bottom yet?
The final week of September saw wave after wave of selling pressure across a wide range of commodities.
Commentary: How to pick a stock
When I hear about a stock, I have a quick checklist that I use to determine if I am going to spend time researching it. This simple checklist is not comprehensive, but it is a good way to filter out stocks that you don’t want to own. Once you…
Commentary: Resource development and Indigenous peoples: Finding the path to co-operation
The following is the edited text of a speech given by the Assembly of First Nations’ National Chief Shawn Atleo in early September, at a joint luncheon in Toronto between the Law Society of Upper Canada and the Indigenous Bar Association. For…
Editorial: Expect more M&A in gold
In a presentation at this year’s Denver Gold Forum, Minefinders president and CEO Mark Bailey summed up the spirit of this year’s event – a place where the lobbying and meetings continue non-stop over three days from 7 a.m. over a continental…
8 new mines to open in BC by 2015 – but which ones are they?
Vancouver – British Columbia’s new premiere, Christy Clark, unveiled a new jobs plan for the province on Sept. 22. Long on rhetoric and short on details, the plan is titled, “Canada Starts Here,” a coy reference to how B.C. is both Canada’s…
New horizons: Imagine no diesel haulage trucks, it’s easy if you try
The following is the edited text of a speech given by Alex Henderson, general manager of mines and mill technology for Vale’s North Atlantic region in Sudbury, Ont., to announce a $49-million investment in Vale’s Copper Cliff Mine 114 Orebody…
Editorial: Buffett vs. the golden bulls
Renowned columnist George Will was there and heavyweight investors such as John Hathaway and Thomas Kaplan were there, but a certain sage from Omaha was missing from the inaugural Precious Metals Summit in Vail, Colo.
Two investment gurus who believe the gold run has only begun
Moderated by pension fund manager and published gold bull Shayne McGuire, a robust discussion on the finer points of the yellow metal unfolded at the Precious Metals Summit in Vail Colorado last week between Thomas Kaplan and John Hathaway….
Odds ‘n’ sods: Moly Madness: Treasures of the Okanagan Valley
The year 1966 was a banner one for exploration, at least for the village of Peachland and the Central Okanagan in B.C.
Editorial: Wave upon wave of tax hikes
The governments of another four large mining jurisdictions are pressing forward with new plans to hike mining taxes and steer more miners’ profits into government coffers.