Current Trends in Mining Finance Conference
Join us at SME’s 6th annual Current Trends in Mining Finance (CTMF) Conference. Register before March 15th at a discount to attend the conference, workshops and receptions, as well as…
CSR
Commentary: The shifting liability landscape for Canadian miners abroad
Two recent lawsuits brought in B.C. by foreign plaintiffs against two Canadian mining companies for alleged human rights abuses abroad have raised the stakes for mining projects in foreign jurisdictions.
Suppliers news: Atlas Copco raises $31,000 for Water for All
The U.S. division of Swedish equipment manufacturer Atlas Copco has raised US$31,000 in individual and company-matched contributions for its employee-led Water for All charity organization. The company raised the funds during a three-day annual…
Commentary: Why Colombia hasn’t lived up to its mining promise
Mining in Latin America has had an outstanding period of growth in the last two decades, but is now facing many challenges. These challenges vary from country to country, as well as region to region within each country.
Commentary: Canada’s new CSR Counsellor not feeling the love
If Marketa Evans thought the mining industry would be her biggest critic, imagine the counsellor’s dismay at her efforts being called “toothless,” a “bogus public relations job” and a “cover for business as usual” by the very type of activists,…
Commentary: Another view of doing business in the Congo
For the past six and a half years, our company, Banro (BAA-T, BAA-X), has been engaged in intensive mineral exploration in what many consider to be one of the less fashionable addresses on Earth: the Democratic Republic of the Congo…
Goldcorp defends mining practices (May 31, 2010)
While Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) discussed plans for production growth and dividend increases at its annual shareholders’ meeting in Toronto on May 19, much of the conversation surrounded the gold miner’s p…
The Canadian government’s new CSR strategy
The following is the introduction to Building the Canadian Advantage: A Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Strategy for the Canadian International Extractive Sector, produced by Foreign Affairs and…
Relocations aren’t easy, so get them right the first time around
A smouldering controversy over the resettlement of villagers in South Africa to make way for the expansion of an An…
Greystar’s Felder sees better way for juniors
In the early part of the decade,