Pan American Silver (PAA-T, PAAS-Q) is warning shareholders that if draft mining legislation proposed by the governor of Argentina’s Chubut province becomes law, its Navidad silver project will become uneconomic.
VANCOUVER — Canadian miner Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) has emerged the victor following a lengthy legal tussle with competitor Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) over a majority interest in Chile’s massive El Morro copper-gold…
Revisions to Brazil’s mining code may cancel mineral rights that the government deems strategic such as phosphate, potash, and rare earth elements, Reuters reported yesterday, quoting unnamed but “high-level” government and…
Chief investment strategist Dale Choi of Frontier Securities in Ulaanbaatar reported today that Mongolia’s Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy is proposing measures that would designate at least 30% of the country’s…
When mining entrepreneur Rob McEwen put US Gold and Minera Andes together to create McEwen Mining (MUX-T, MUX-N) he was working on the model that you could take one company that had cash flow and another company that had development…
An editorial in The Northern Miner criticized Canada’s Extractive Sector CSR counsellor, Marketa Evans, for “shooting another blank” in reference to the office’s second case, involving First Quantum Minerals’ Guelb…
Over the years, mine developers in Canada have heard politicians at the provincial and federal level make so many empty promises to streamline the redundancy-laden process for mine approvals, it’s been easy to tune them out and temper…
The Canadian government has outlined broad changes to the federal environmental assessment process as part of a wide-ranging omnibus budget bill.
In only a few years, Zimbabwe’s Marange diamond fields have transformed from a free-for-all of thousands of diamond prospectors sifting through dirt to a modernized, fenced-in area run by a…
Argentina’s renationaliztion of 51% of oil company YPF (YPF-N) from the Spanish firm Repsol has spooked some mining investors in the country, though analysts say there is little chance of further nationalization.
Mine safety is a matter of continuing concern worldwide, there being a wide spectrum of legislation and the manner in which it is administered and enforced. Recent attempts by the South African government provide a case study illustrating the…
Mine safety is a matter of continuing concern worldwide, there being a wide spectrum of legislation and the manner in which it is administered and enforced. Recent attempts by the South African government provide a case study illustrating the…
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