Political uncertainty in Guinea unsettles miners
Guinea’s new military chief is keeping mining companies in the West African nation on pins and needles after yet an…
Regulatory Issues
New export rule boosts New Dawn Mining
Shares of New Dawn Mining (ND-T) surged 24.4% to 56¢ in mid-day trading in Toronto on news of more positi…
An interview with Peru’s Energy and Mines Minister
Peru’s Minister of Energy & Mines, Pedro Sanchez, and a Peruvian delegation visited Toronto in early March to att…
EPA coal permitting review causes anger and confusion
Vancouver – The laissez-faire days of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) role in permitting valley fi…
The future of carbon in the mining industry
While many in the mining industry still have serious doubts about climate change and man’s part in it, it isn’t s…
Kinross and Corriente ready their drills in Ecuador
Kinross Gold (K-T, KGC-N) and Corriente Resources (CTQ-T, ETQ-X) say they have received official word from the gove…
BC bans uranium and thorium exploration permits
Vancouver – The prospect of uranium mining in B.C. received a final blow as the provincial government moved to proh…
Oyu Tolgoi Agreement Makes Headway In Mongolia
Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-Q) says that Mongolia’s cabinet has completed its second review of the draft investment agreement for the massive Oyu Tolgoi project and has said it will present the draft to…
Policy changes in Zimbabwe lead New Dawn to restart development
New Dawn Mining (ND-T) plans to take its 100%-owned Turk mine in Zimbabwe out of care and maintenance and put it ba…
Lines Are Drawn In Battle For HudBay
VANCOUVER — After spending $460 million to acquire a nickel project that’s since been shelved and then attempting to take over Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LMC-N) in a deal that shareholders resoundingly re…
More Pain To Come In Exploration Sector: Fraser Institute Survey
— The following is an edited version of the executive summary and related press release for the Fraser Institute’s influential Survey of Mining Companies 2008/2009.
DRC Government Confirms Banro’s Holdings
Banro (BAA-T, BAA-X) says it had received official confirmation that its mining convention and mining licences in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) “are in accordance with Congolese law.”