Editorial: Barrick hints at Munk’s retirement
It seems Peter Munk’s days at the helm of Barrick Gold might actually be coming to an end.
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Grenville Thomas takes aim with North Arrow Minerals
He’s been in the business for 56 years. He was integral in developing Canada’s diamond sector. He has been named Prospector of the Year by the Prospectors and Developers Association…
Larger than life: Weighing the legacy of Marc Rich
One of the greatest, if most controversial, of all commodity traders has died.
Bob Gannicott on Dominion Diamond’s new vision
Since Canada’s second diamond mine, Diavik, went into production in 2003, its 40% owner — at that time known as Aber Diamond — has been looking for other quality diamond…
Sheahan keeps diamond literature service going
At the end of last year, the University of British Columbia’s Mineral Deposit Research Unit (MDRU) stopped offering the Sheahan-MDRU literature service, and the service’s founder, Patricia Sheahan, is now…
Chuck Fipke joins the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame
In January, mine-finder Chuck Fipke was inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame. Fipke’s hard work, perseverance and innovative exploration techniques led to the discovery of Canada’s first diamond…
Obituary: Danie Krige, South Africa’s giant of geostatistics
Danie Krige, a household name to anyone who studied or practiced the science of evaluating mineral resources for mining purposes, died recently in Johannesburg.
Editorial: Breaking Branco
Luciano Branco’s long and soul-destroying battle with insurance firms AIG and Zurich has finally reached some satisfaction in the courts, with a Saskatoon judge awarding the injured Portuguese-Canadian welder $450,000 in aggravated…
Naldrett celebration attracts mining’s ‘brain trust’
To attend the recent dinner at the University of Toronto’s Faculty Club honouring emeritus professor Tony Naldrett was to travel through time to an era when the university was recognized internationally as one of the top institutions for…
Commentary: How to craft benefits packages for globe-trotting employees
Increasingly, corporate management structures and areas of accountability no longer follow the strict political boundaries that define countries.
John Felderhof’s new life after Bre-X
John Felderhof looks much thinner than when we first met at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention in 2010.
Groia ground down but defiant after Felderhof’s Bre-X trial
Early in 2012, the Law Society of Upper Canada convicted Toronto securities lawyer Joe Groia of “incivility” during his defense of John Felderhof against quasi-criminal charges laid by the Ontario Securities Commission of insider…