Commentary: Changes ahead for mining balance sheets
Starting in 2011, Canadian public companies will be migrating from using Canada’s own generally accepted acc…
Regulatory Issues
Apology to East Asia Minerals and Michael Hawkins (August 06, 2010)
In the online story regarding East Asia Minerals published on July 29, 2010, we incorrectly stated that East…
Editorial: Aussie gov’t retreats, waters down RSPT
The past few days have lived up the old adage that a week is a lifetime in politics.
Editorial: Rudd’s fall stokes miners’ optimism
The swift and surprising ouster of controversial Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd brought with it new ho…
Killing the goose that lays the golden eggs?
Chief executives in the mining industry told PricewaterhouseCoopers in a recent survey that they feared cash-s…
After the quake, Chile seeks more from copper miners
Santiago, Chile — As dawn broke on Feb. 27, 2010, Chileans were aghast at the destruction wrought by a huge…
Editorial: Aussie tax showdown
While the European debt crisis and all-time record-high gold prices above US$1,240 per oz. have grabbed the …
TNM editor talks Aussie taxes on BNN
The Northern Miner editor John Cumming and Terence Ortslan, managing director of TSO and Associates, joined ho…
Editorial: Aussie miners walloped by tax news
Australia arguably slipped from being a pro-mining country to an anti-mining one in early May, as the left-l…
New tax raises miners’ ire in Australia (May 03, 2010)
Australia’s reputation as a mining-friendly country with a stable tax regime was thrown into doubt after the n…
Commentary: Taking stock of Quebec’s new mining taxes
The Quebec Finance Minister Raymond Bachand’s budget on March 30, 2010, significantly revamped the Quebec mi…
Editorial: Taxes and rumours of taxes
Governments have squeezed the golden mining goose a little tighter in two major mining countries over the pa…