Letter to the editor: Final verdict
As a retired Manitoba exploration geologist and physical scientist, I’ve come to the conclusion that most junior exploration companies are merely mining and milking the markets.
Commodities Markets
Editorial: Grasberg violence escalates
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s Grasberg copper-gold mine in Indonesia’s Papua province continues to be a deadly place, with three contractor workers being murdered and two security personnel suffering gunshot wounds on Oct. 14.
Facts ‘n’ Figures: GFMS says Gold hedging back in fashion
The following is an edited excerpt from the report Global Hedge Book Analysis Q2: 2011, which is produced by Thomson Reuters GFMS and available in full at www.gfms.co.uk.
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.
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.