Five perspectives on oilsands closure
Much of the discussion these days around oilsands extraction in Alberta has focused on what the area can and should look like after closure.
Commodities Markets
Gov’ts squeeze mining companies
With miners and their associates having been given a free hand for much of the past decade, one trend of the new decade is a renewed willingness on the behalf of national governments to step in and get involved in the high-level decisions of…
Metals commentary: UBS slashes near-term commodity price forecasts
Accelerated capital outflow from emerging markets and tighter liquidity as stimulus ends from the U.S. Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank, a “rebalancing” in China where policy-makers are not actively stimulating private construction…
Another view of doing business in the DRC
For the past six and a half years, our company has been engaged in intensive mineral exploration in what many consider to be one of the less fashionable addresses on earth: the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Minmetals saves Lundin’s bacon
In what looks to be one of the major themes in mining this year, mergers and acquisitions again took centre stage in early April.
Surf’s up: Let’s ride (April 08, 2011)
When you ask Richard Briggs what he’s telling his clients about investing in base metals these days he says: “We’re advising caution — lots of caution.”
Ned Goodman firmly backs gold
Ned Goodman, the founder of the Dundee group of companies, has a decidedly gloomy world outlook these days. Goodman spoke at the National Club in Toronto on April 4 and said that he didn’t like the direction the world was heading in, nor did he…
Murenbeeld debunks gold myths (April 06, 2011)
One of the gold community’s most trusted economist, Martin Murenbeeld, made a stop in Toronto on April 4th to dispel what he says, are some of the looming myths around gold prices. Murenbeeld, who is chief economist for DundeeWealth, has over…
Kinross bids adieu to diamonds
While most Western miners cringe at the thought of investing in mineral projects in Russia, Kinross Gold continues to be an exception to the rule.
Scotiabank report analyses Japan’s impact on commodities
A new report from Scotiabank says the negative fallout from Japan’s earthquake and tsunami are “likely to prove temporary with Japan quickly gearing up its economy again.”
U.S. markets stronger, Mar. 21-25
U.S. equity markets posted stronger results in the Mar. 21-25 trading week with the Dow Jones Industrial Average edging up 3.05% or 362.07 points to finish at 12,220.59, and the S&P 500 index rising 2.71% or 34.60 points to 1,313.80. The…
MAC: Environmental group’s report is flawed
The following was released by the Ottawa-based Mining Association of Canada (MAC) in response to the PEW Environmental Group’s report “A forest of blue – Canada’s boreal forest, the world’s water keeper.” For more information visit…