With spot uranium oxide prices in the third quarter averaging US$35.95 per lb. — down from US$66.50 per lb. before the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power-plant disaster in March 2011 — it is no surprise that uranium producers in Russia…
Shareholders of junior outfit Augusta Resource (TSX: AZC; NYSE-MKT) got a little skittish after the release of a letter from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by non-government organization Save the Scenic Santa Ritas (SSSR), a…
Ernst & Young listed resource nationalism as the number-one risk threatening the mining sector in 2013 — a sharp increase over five years ago, when resource nationalism appeared at the bottom of Ernst & Young’s top-10 list…
Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, Joe Oliver, met with the full board of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada in Toronto on Nov. 12. The following is an excerpt of his prepared speech, as it relates to…
VANCOUVER — In September the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an appeal by the Yukon government of a case that had caused a stir across the industry. The case involved a 2011 ruling by the Yukon Supreme Court, pursuant to a claim by the…
VANCOUVER — The permitting saga has lasted nearly four years for B.C.-based copper producer Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO; NYSE-MKT: TGB) and its New Prosperity copper-gold project, 125 km southwest of Williams Lake, but the proposed…
In a market that has brought juniors and miners of every commodity to their knees, Patrick Evans is president and CEO of not one, but two high-flying diamond juniors. “There…
Earlier this year the federal government made changes to Canada’s temporary foreign worker program with the stated purpose of ensuring that Canadians are given the first opportunity to apply for available jobs. Most temporary foreign…
Publicly stated arguments are often what’s only on the surface of conflicts over natural-resource developments — underlying geopolitical issues and hidden agendas can also be at play. I have come across this on a number of projects…
The mining sector makes up 20% of Mongolia’s gross domestic product (GDP), 40% of its budget income, 85% of its investment and 90% of its exports, but the uncertainty that permeates everything from the security of mineral tenure and…
If there’s been one consistent refrain in Canadian mining circles this millennium, it’s been mining personnel — from top executives to scruffy field geologists — singing the praises of Mexico and its rich mineral…
In 2006 Siemens offices throughout Germany were raided by the country’s federal prosecutors. A bribery scandal had been brewing since 2003, and by November 2006, the raid looked to mark the beginning of the end for the…
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