India to the rescue?
China’s rising appetite for diamonds is often the focus of attention for diamond-watchers, but there’s another Asian giant that plays a pivotal role in the market. Like China, India has…
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This industry’s ‘ripe for consolidation’
Pierre Lassonde built his remarkably successful career on gold, as cofounder and chairman of gold royalty powerhouse Franco-Nevada, a former CEO of Newmont Mining, a past chairman of the World…
Shear Diamonds suspends production at Jericho
Shear Diamonds (SRM-V) suspended production from stockpiles at its Jericho diamond mine, in Nunavut, in early September. The company, led by president and CEO Julie Lassonde, had been hoping to…
Four greats to enter Canadian Mining Hall of Fame
The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame will welcome four new inductees at its twenty-fifth annual induction dinner on Jan. 10, 2013, at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto. The new inductees are Charles E. Fipke, Gerald W. Grandey, Pierre…
Short-term exec optimism returns: MRG Survey
The following is an edited summary of findings from the Mining Recruitment Group’s latest executive survey, which was distributed during the first week of October and completed by 125 mining leaders.
Editorial: Shuffling the deck
As many predicted in mid-year, mergers and acquisitions activity in the gold sector continues to be the name of the game as the global economy limps along to the end of the year.
Commentary: New rules, new tools in Ontario’s Mining Act
In 2006, the Ontario government introduced its first-ever Mineral Development Strategy, which provided the foundation for the sustainable management and stewardship of Ontario’s mineral resources.
Editorial: Pacific Booker snookered
The unfolding of the global mining boom over the past decade has pushed the industry right to the edge in ways both technical and political. Moreover, we’ve all seen the sharp truth that there are inevitable limits to all expansions,…
Facts ‘n’ figures: Fostering new mine development in northwestern Ontario
The following is an edited version of the executive summary from the study Mining in northwestern Ontario: Opportunities and challenges, commissioned by Ambassadors Northwest and written by professors Bahram Dadgostar, Sam Garofalo, Nikola…
Odds ‘n’ sods: Seabee, The little mine that beat the odds
In the late 1980s, veteran northern Saskatchewan bush pilot Bill MacNeill turned resource developer.
Editorial: Iron ore market gets anemic
Unto everything there is a season; a time to hustle and sell off your vast, frozen iron ore assets in remote parts of the country to foreigners from the tropics, and a time to throttle back production at actual iron ore mines in Canada’s…
Metals commentary: Constrained copper supply spells trouble, analysts say
There won’t be enough copper to meet Chinese demand by the middle of the next decade, Adrian Day, president of Adrian Asset Management in London, told a group of investors at the Cambridge House conference in Toronto.