Amplats settles with striking workers
Mine workers at Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) (AGPPY-O) are going back to work, putting to rest a series of wildcat strikes that all but crippled South Africa’s platinum-mining industry.
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Metals commentary: The state of global platinum supply
The global economic recession caused platinum demand in the car and jewelry sectors to enter a cyclical downturn. However, a substantial supply reduction due to the labour strife in South Africa moved the platinum market from surplus to deficit…
Miners remain optimistic at the Quebec mining convention
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Editorial: When Harry met Ekati
This week’s long-anticipated, US$500-million sale by BHP Billiton of its 80% stake in the Ekati diamond mine in the Northwest Territories and its remaining worldwide diamond assets to Harry Winston Diamond marks another epochal change in…
Miners give back in Toronto, Mali
Several mining companies are digging into their pockets ahead of the holiday season and donating to charitable causes.
Editorial: Gold bulls revived on Obama win
In defiance of the predictions of countless right-leaning pundits and some recent polling, U.S. President Barack Obama was re-elected on Nov. 6 in a surprisingly strong showing, particularly given the prolonged weakness in the U.S. economy that…
Graphite demand to strengthen: Roskill
London-based resource market analyst Roskill Information Services is predicting significant shifts in the supply and demand dynamics of the natural and synthetic graphite industry.
Ontario’s ‘Ring of Fire’ courts controversy from railway union, aboriginal groups
Members of the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC), a crown agency in charge of maintaining transportation and communications in Northern Ontario, voted unanimously in favour of a proposal by the General Chairperson’s…
Commentary: The uses and abuses of temporary foreignworkers in BC
The following is an open letter from Mark Olsen, president of the Bargaining Council of B.C. Building Trade Unions, to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and B.C. Premier Cristy Clark.
Pierre Lassonde: The gold guru sounds off on diamonds
In a frank discussion with Diamonds in Canada in late September, the cofounder and now chairman of Franco-Nevada (FNV-T, FNV-N) and ex-Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N) CEO explains why he believes…