The months-long showdown between Barrick Gold’s 63.9%-owned subsidiary Acacia Mining and the Tanzanian government heated up in the last days of July, with Acacia reporting that one of its senior…
In this episode, we talk B.C. politics and the provincial mining industry with Mining Association of British Columbia (MABC) president and CEO Bryan Cox. Matt sits down to chat with…
British Columbia is famous in Canada for politics that are seemingly forever polarized between a freewheeling pro-business crowd and a coalition of left-leaning labour and environmental groups. And B.C. politics…
VANCOUVER — Barrick Gold’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) senior management is preparing for negotiations over an evolving sociopolitical situation in Tanzania that could lower its gold production from the country. The…
VANCOUVER — Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX: NDM; NYSE-MKT: NAK) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have ended their longstanding dispute over the federal agency’s decision to block development of…
Forget about blood diamonds, uranium and coltan, the most politically charged mined commodity these days in North America is coal, which has emerged as a political football in the B.C….
On Feb. 14, 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law a joint resolution of Congress to repeal a critical anti-corruption rule for oil, gas and mining companies. The law…
If anyone needed a reminder of the importance of diversifying risk, they need look no further than OceanaGold’s (TSX: OGC) news flow over the last two months. At the end…
Amidst the flurry of executive orders signed by U.S. President Donald J. Trump — starting four hours after his inauguration on Jan. 20 — were several that benefited the resource…
The Mexican Environmental Authority has given Argonaut Gold (TSX: AR) a lump of coal for Christmas. The regulatory body known as Semarnat has denied approval of Argonaut’s environmental impact assessment…
The attempted rapid conversion of the North American economy from fossil fuels to green energy — recently in vogue in the U.S. — suddenly appears to be on hold with…
In this clip from our “Focus on Argentina” symposium in Toronto in late September, Richard Spencer, president and CEO of uranium explorer U3O8 Corp., speaks his mind on Barrick Gold’s…
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