Editorial: Chileans tire of Piera
Chile’s mining sector was rocked by a 24-hour walkout in mid-July by unionized workers at state-owned Codelco, the world’s largest copper miner. It’s the first countrywide strike at Codelco in 18 years.
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Letter to the editor: How big can Cote Lake get? Depends how you stretch it!
In the cover story of The Northern Miner’s June 27-July 3, 2011 issue, staff writer Anthony Vaccaro describes Trelawney Mining and Exploration’s activity on its newly discovered Côté Lake gold deposit in the southwestern Abitibi…
Editorial: Bernanke helps gold hit new highs
The eroding foundations of the global economic system dominated much of the world’s business news in the first week of July.
Editorial: A loss, a win and a draw
The resource market passed the halfway mark of 2011 in a bit of a foul mood, with the ongoing anxiety over the feeble economic recovery seen in the U.S. and parts of Europe continuing to depress mining share prices, even in the face of robust…
Letter to the editor: China Coal and Mei Feng
In the article “China Coal Aims to Become a Mid-Tier Producer,” (TNM, May 30-June 5, 2011), statements were made in respect to China Coal and its intended acquisition of the operating interest in the Mei Feng coal mine.
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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…