Regulatory Issues


Editorial: Building glass mines

Canada’s extractive industries got some high-profile international attention in mid-June. Prime Minister Stephen Harper used the lead-up to the G8 summit in London to announce that the federal government intends to establish new mandatory…





Cartoon by JK for The Northern Miner.

Editorial: Fruitless del Norte

Kinross Gold’s abandonment of the Fruta del Norte gold project in the face of an obstinate Ecuadorian government is a sad end to what could have been a wonderful, mutually beneficially relationship between Canadian miners and their…


BHP Billiton's majority-owned Escondida copper mine in northern Chile's Atacama desert. Source: BHP Billiton

Chile’s mining challenges

VANCOUVER — As the world’s largest copper producer and a top-five producer of molybdenum and silver, Chile is a mining powerhouse. And with more than $70 billion in mining investment expected to lift copper production by 45% over…


Drilling equipment at Barrick's Pascua-Lama project. Source: Barrick Gold

Chile fines Barrick US$16M for violations

VANCOUVER — Chile’s environmental regulator has imposed its maximum fine on the world’s largest gold miner after a four-month investigation revealed Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) committed “very serious” violations…





Healthy operating cash flow in Q1, Barrick says

Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) has reported operating cash flow in the first quarter of 2013 at US$1.1 billion, down from US$1.4 billion in the first quarter of 2012, while net earnings totalled US$847 million, or US85¢ per share, down from…


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