Commentary: Major investments return to BC
B.C. is on the cusp of regaining its rightful position as one of the best jurisdictions in the world to explore and develop mineral resources.
Commodities Markets
Gold to hit US$2,000 before ending decade-long rally in 2013: GFMS
London, U.K. – A report by Thomson Reuters and metals analyst firm GFMS predicts the price of gold will rally to all-time highs in late 2012 before reaching the closing stages of its decade-long bull run sometime in 2013.
Editorial: Alcoa hunkers down as aluminum slumps
As the first large mining company to release its financial results every quarter, Alcoa has always been a pacesetter among the majors.
Commentary: Diversifying Canada’s energy markets and streamlining the regulatory process
Canada is on the edge of a historic choice: to diversify our energy markets away from our traditional trading partner in the U.S., or to continue with the status quo.
Goldcorp falls short of production targets, again
Before Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) began commercial production at its expanded Red Lake gold mine on Jan. 1, 2001, the company was a 100,000-oz.-a-year mid-tier gold producer struggling to become a top senior gold miner. But by the end of the year,…
Odds ‘n’ sods: No country for old men – or maybe one
Please allow me to begin with a little trivia. When I started in this business the Prime Minister of Canada was Louis St. Laurent. Anybody out there remember him? Suffice it to say, most 70- to 80-year-olds are neither nimble nor quick, and I…
2011 Mining Person of the Year: Ross Beaty
Walter Gretzky famously advised his son Wayne to “skate where the puck’s going, not where it’s been.” In the mining industry today, there’s no better exemplar of someone living that kind of wisdom than entrepreneur Ross Beaty, our selection as…
Facts ‘n’ Figures: Miners still bullish on gold, says PwC
According to PwC’s annual Gold Price Report – which surveyed 41 mostly North American-listed mining companies representing 26.5 million oz. gold mined in 2011, and 37.75 million oz. to be mined in 2012 – 80% of respondents expect the gold price…
Editorial: A golden year – the top stories of 2011
With commodity prices strong, it was another highly dynamic year for miners and mineral explorers. Here’s our list of the year’s top mining stories:
How to make it as a gold miner in Africa
If you ask Mark Bristow what it takes to build a successful gold mining company in Africa, he’ll start by telling you what it doesn’t take.
Editorial: Gold megaprojects lurch forward
Mid-December was filled with substantial news about some of the world’s largest gold deposits.
Commentary: Hide from resource nationalism at your peril
Brian Menell, heir to the South Africa-based Anglovaal mining fortune and a speaker of the Mines and Money conference here in December, states the obvious when he says increased government intervention in the mining industry is not generally…