Colombia looks to recast tarnished image
When a country known more for narcotics-funded guerilla warfare than its mineral potential gives a presentation at the world’s largest mining convention, there’s no shortage of intrigue.
Regulatory Issues
Crowflight study aloft on better nickel price
Higher nickel prices and an increase in resources combined to increase the value of the Bucko nickel project in northern Manitoba, an updated feasibility study says.
Federal budget gives miners goodies but no tax cuts
The tabling of Canada’s new federal budget on March 19 was the number one event affecting Canada’s miners during the week ended March 23 — the twelfth trading week of 2007.
Industry, NGOs agree on good practices for Canadian miners abroad
Concluding a 10-month process that saw input from NGOs, mining, oil and gas companies and academia, a report relea…
Venezuelan gov’t greenlights Gold Reserves Brisas
The Venezuelan Ministry of Environment has approved the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for the e…
Quebec’s Natural Resources minister loses seat
As part of a broader weakening of Quebec’s Liberal Party in yesterday’s provincial election, Natural Resources Mini…
Coeur’s Kensington Kiboshed
Vancouver — Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDM-T, CDE-N) has been hit with an appeals court ruling that effectively revokes permitting for the use of a lake as a tailings facility at its Kensington gold mine, …
Editor’s Picks: top stories of week 12
The tabling of Canada’s new federal budget on March 19 was the number one event affecting Canada’s miners during th…
Facts ‘N’ Figures: Chile loses top ranking in Fraser Institute survey
Vancouver — Mining executives say Manitoba and Alberta have the best policy environments in the world for mining investment, and no longer consider Chile to be among the world’s top 10 jurisdictions …
NovaGold gets Alaska permit boost
Vancouver — NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X) says the U.S. government is reinstating a key permit for its Rock Creek gold mine in Alaska, a project that the company hopes to have in production by the …
Xstrata considers legal action over Aussie mine probe
Vancouver – Swiss mining giant Xstrata (XTA-L, XSRAF-O) is considering legal action after a corruption investigatio…
NEPA process a litigation gauntlet
Vancouver — Anti-mining activists in the United States carry briefcases instead of placards these days, and are racking up victories through the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) — the federa…