How Mexico reclaimed its mantle as a top mining nation
“There is support for mining politically, the geology is excellent, the people are incredibly friendly and the food is delicious.”
Commodities Markets
Metals, mining and money markets
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Commentary: After the aluminum rush: restoring the Amazon rainforest
Can the degraded land of the Amazon rainforest be salvaged by large-scale landscape restoration? Is it really possible to rebuild ecological integrity and enhance the lives of local communities in a sustainable way?
Obituary: Danie Krige, South Africa’s giant of geostatistics
Danie Krige, a household name to anyone who studied or practiced the science of evaluating mineral resources for mining purposes, died recently in Johannesburg.
Metals, mining and money markets
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Honouring Kirkland Lake’s heritage
In 1911 the first bar of gold in Ontario’s Kirkland Lake gold camp was poured at the Tough-Oakes mine. One century and 42.5 million oz. gold later, a group of friends met for coffee and decided to make a bronze plaque to commemorate the…
Bears slam gold price
Gold bugs have been taking a beating of late, and it just seems to be going from bad to worse. The gold price entered official bear territory to close out the trading week, and then began the week by falling even further on panic selling.
Commentary: Juniors can still raise capital if they learn from the past
As many in the mining sector are well aware, junior mining companies are having a harder time accessing capital markets for financing. Even when they are able to get their hands on some money, the financing comes with more onerous terms than…
Junior exploration programs will be ‘pruned to the bone,’ Macquarie says
In a new report on junior precious metal explorers that looks at which companies will have the cash to survive the current market and the decline in the gold price, analysts at Macquarie Equities Research predict that exploration programs will…
Metals, mining and money markets
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Editorial: Whither gold?
Gold is a wonderful symbol of indestructible beauty, but all kinds of gold investment strategies have been going down in flames this year.
Commentary: Far from home, but not from risk: OHS laws and Canadian workers abroad
In January, Islamic terrorists stormed a natural gas plant staffed by hundreds of Algerian workers and a number of foreign workers. The Algerian military intervened, bringing an end to the crisis, but in its aftermath workers from the U.S.,…