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…
Regulatory Issues
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…
Greystar blindsided by new environmental rules at Angostura
Steve Kesler hardly had time to get comfortable in his new chief executive’s chair before finding himself in t…
Commentary: BC’s future as a global mining leader needs nurturing
Mineral Exploration Roundup 2010, the Association for Mineral Exploration B.C.’s 27th annual conference, foc…
New Gold gets Cerro San Pedro’s suspension order overturned
Mexican government officials have granted New Gold (NGD-T, NGD-X) an injunction related to the Nov. 18, 2009…
Editorial: ‘Climategate’ puts warm-mongers on the defensive
The edifice of manmade global-warming alarmism continues to crumble in the wake of “Climategate,” which stem…
Editorial: Bill C-300 still flawed
Canada’s mining industry spent a rare week under the national media’s heat lamps in late November, as many r…