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Editorial: TMX, LSE kill proposed merger
One day before a key vote by TMX Group shareholders on a controversial takeover proposal by the London Stock Exchange, both companies abruptly ended the $3.6-billion deal, saying that there weren’t enough votes to clear the two-thirds required.
Commentary: Navigating the new UK Bribery Act
The UK Bribery Act 2010 has received significant press coverage in the United Kingdom and abroad. It will be important for Canadian mining companies with a U.K. nexus to understand its implications, in particular given that Canadian junior…
Editorial: Oz windfall taxes 2.0
Yes, they’re back. And probably here to stay this time.
Commentary: ‘Old King Coal’ still reigns in the US
The following speech was recently given at the East Kentucky Leadership Conference, during a panel discussion called “Fate & Future of Coal & Alternative Energy Sources.”
Metals commentary: Solar energy to charge demand, says Silver Institute
The following is an edited excerpt from a release by the Silver Institute. For more information, visit www.silverinstitute.org.
Editorial: Resource investors turn on each other
The ship of resource investors sailed deeper into the horse latitudes in mid-June, and cranky shareholders stepped up efforts to toss their mining shares and management teams overboard. Mining shares have broadly fallen or stagnated in recent…
Mining in Colombia: a closer look
Vancouver – An ever-growing interest in the geological potential of Colombia from both resource companies and investors has helped the South American country become one of the world’s most popular mining destinations in recent years.
Facts ‘n’ figures: Gold demand healthy in Q1
The following is an edited excerpt from The World Gold Council’s summary of its report, Gold Demand Trends Q1 2011. The full report can be found at www.gold.org.
Letter to the editor: Poor manners
As a subscriber I take issue with one item on the Kaminak Gold story (TNM, May 2-8, 2011) with no claimant for the article, the excellent photo and damn poor manners from there.
Editorial: Humula win unsettles miners
It was one of those weeks when miners check the political sections of their newspapers and websites before the business news.
Commentary: The game is changing for global miners
When the world asks mining companies to jump, they say how high. Thanks to ever-growing emerging market demand and steadily rising commodity prices, the financial prowess of the world’s largest mining companies seems to know no bounds.