Editorial: Political power play over PotashCorp
BHP Billiton’s $40-billion hostile bid for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan entered a critical period in late Octo…
Regulatory Issues
Commentary: Harvard Law School responds to AME BC letter re. First Nations report
In June 2010, Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic released a report entitled Bearing the …
Commentary: Are stock options still ideal for mining execs?
In the smoking ruins of the global financial crisis, renewed attention has been focused on executive incentive…
Commentary: Changes ahead for mining balance sheets
Starting in 2011, Canadian public companies will be migrating from using Canada’s own generally accepted acc…
Apology to East Asia Minerals and Michael Hawkins (August 06, 2010)
In the online story regarding East Asia Minerals published on July 29, 2010, we incorrectly stated that East…
Editorial: Aussie gov’t retreats, waters down RSPT
The past few days have lived up the old adage that a week is a lifetime in politics.
Editorial: Rudd’s fall stokes miners’ optimism
The swift and surprising ouster of controversial Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd brought with it new ho…
Killing the goose that lays the golden eggs?
Chief executives in the mining industry told PricewaterhouseCoopers in a recent survey that they feared cash-s…
After the quake, Chile seeks more from copper miners
Santiago, Chile — As dawn broke on Feb. 27, 2010, Chileans were aghast at the destruction wrought by a huge…
Editorial: Aussie tax showdown
While the European debt crisis and all-time record-high gold prices above US$1,240 per oz. have grabbed the …
TNM editor talks Aussie taxes on BNN
The Northern Miner editor John Cumming and Terence Ortslan, managing director of TSO and Associates, joined ho…
Editorial: Aussie miners walloped by tax news
Australia arguably slipped from being a pro-mining country to an anti-mining one in early May, as the left-l…