Commentary: Making sense of royalty structures and rates
Royalties in the mining industry look pretty straightforward, but dig a little deeper and the complexities are soon apparent.
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Letter from London
London, U.K. – Ahead of this year’s Mines and Money conference in London on Dec. 6th & 7th, your Northern Miner correspondent spent the week in Europe’s financial capital, where the late November sky was not the only thing to be slightly…
Goldman Sachs predicts commodity prices to rise 15% in 2012
Analysts from Goldman Sachs (GS-N) have forecast commodity prices will increase by 15% in 2012, with the influential investment bank maintaining an ‘overweight’ recommendation on commodities for the next 12 months.
Deloitte tracks the trends for 2012
After recent trips to China and India, Glenn Ives, the Toronto-based chairman of Deloitte, is more convinced than ever that the urbanization and modernization taking place in Asia will continue to drive demand for metals at the same…
Commentary: Canada’s new CSR Counsellor not feeling the love
If Marketa Evans thought the mining industry would be her biggest critic, imagine the counsellor’s dismay at her efforts being called “toothless,” a “bogus public relations job” and a “cover for business as usual” by the very type of activists,…
Editorial: Closing time at Rick’s golden cafe
A big chapter in the corporate life of NovaGold Resources came to a close, with long-time president and CEO Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse bowing out of the company. The charismatic executive will stick around as a NovaGold director and as president of…
Editorial: Keystone kibosh strains Canada-US ties
Resource developers in Canada were dealt a heavy blow in mid-November, with the Obama Administration’s State Department in the U.S. failing to approve TransCanada’s relatively benign Keystone XL oil pipeline mega-project, which would have…
Commentary: Unlocking the wealth of northern Ontario
Discovery of the massive “Ring of Fire,” a chromite-rich mineral deposit in a remote area of northern Ontario, is the first and perhaps easiest step in realizing the site’s potential.
Letters to the editor: Kudos for the balance
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Commentary: Traversing the Far North’s legal landscape
Mining companies investing for the first time in Canada’s Far North may find the experience unlike any other. This holds true not only for foreign corporations, but also for companies familiar with mining in Southern Canada.
Editorial: Oppenheimer out
The decisive, US$5-billion exit of the storied Oppenheimer family from its 40% controlling interest in De Beers brings to a close a century of history in the global diamond trade.
Letter to the editor: New Prosperity plan is environmentally sound: Taseko CEO
I read the editorial submission of Chief Marilyn Baptiste, of the Xeni Gwet’in band of the Tsilhqot’in National Government, in last week’s issue (TNM, Nov. 7-13, 2011). It purported to list eight reasons why Taseko Mines’ resubmitted…