Queensland’s new tax angers coal miners
Australia’s biggest miners say the Queensland government’s latest move to hike royalties on coal operations will cause more job losses and project cancellations in the troubled sector.
Regulatory Issues
Taseko takes a second swing at New Prosperity
VANCOUVER — Nearly two years after its initial environmental assessment was rejected, Vancouver-based Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X) is stepping up to the plate for a second attempt at permitting its US$1.1-billion New Prosperity copper-gold…
Commentary: The new SEC rules for disclosing payments
New measures requiring public disclosure by U.S. issuers of payments to governments for mineral exploration and development rights were announced on Aug. 22, 2012, by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act….
MAC focuses on transparency, free trade
VANCOUVER — For Mining Association of Canada (MAC) president and CEO Pierre Gratton, the future of the nation’s mining industry lies in clear-cut regulatory reform and the cultivation of global free trade arrangements geared…
Commentary: New guidance for disclosing PEAs in Canada
On Aug. 16, 2012, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published CSA Staff Notice 43-307 Mining Technical Reports — Preliminary Economic Assessments, which sets out staff’s position on several issues regarding the use and…
Commentary: New guidance for disclosing PEAs in Canada
On Aug. 16, 2012, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published CSA Staff Notice 43-307 Mining Technical Reports – Preliminary Economic Assessments, which sets out staff’s position on several issues regarding the use and…
Commentary: Equitable compensation and the Canadian multinational corporation
Deciding whether to provide similar levels of pay for work of equal value is a natural consideration for Canadian companies with operations abroad — internal equity is a key platform for human resource strategy. However, a number of…
Letter to the editor: Weak leadership in Quebec government
Regarding last week’s editorial, “Ooh la la: is Plan Nord becoming Plan Non?”, the underlying issue with Plan Nord is that from a good idea the Charest government has totally misled not just Quebecers and Canadians but many…
Commentary: Ontario and Quebec propose changes to mining rules
Interestingly, both Ontario and Quebec are proposing significant changes to their respective mining legislation.
Commentary: Digging into valuable US tax incentives
Many Canadian miners operating in the U.S. are not aware of the extensive tax incentives that the U.S. government offers to individuals and companies exploring, developing and extracting minerals. These tax incentives can provide significant…
Brazilian magazine calms fears
One week after Reuters reported — quoting anonymous high-level Brazilian government and mining industry officials — that Brazil was considering canceling mineral rights that the government deems strategic such as phosphate, potash…
Chubut’s draft mining legislation confounds miners
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.