Few individuals have lived lives large enough to be immediately associated with a particular commodity. Think oil and J.D. Rockefeller; steel and Andrew Carnegie; and diamonds and the Oppenheimer family. For silver, it’s the Hunt brothers…
When McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE-MUX) announced in May that its president Ian Ball was resigning after nine years with the company, the news caught many people in Toronto’s tightly knit mining circles by surprise.
Three months after Peter Munk’s retirement from Barrick Gold, we’re already getting a look at the post-Munk Barrick, and the picture is volatile and a little strange.
VANCOUVER — How do you turn US$35 billion into less than US$400 million in 18 months?
December started off in a rather sombre way for Canadian mining, with former Prairie golden child Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan announcing deep and immediate cuts at its Canadian, U.S., and Trinidadian operations.
It seems Peter Munk’s days at the helm of Barrick Gold might actually be coming to an end.
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…
One of the greatest, if most controversial, of all commodity traders has died.
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…
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…
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…
Danie Krige, a household name to anyone who studied or practiced the science of evaluating mineral resources for mining purposes, died recently in Johannesburg.
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