China lights a fuse under the copper producers
Turn your mind back six months ago to January 2023. Markets were in a frenzy predicting enormous growth in Asia as China emerged from its three-year lockdown. Commodity stocks were…
Opinion/Commentary
How miners are dealing with Canada’s extreme wildfire season
It seems that few parts of Canada will be spared from the unusually disruptive and destructive wildfire season now well under way. The blazes started in B.C. and Alberta in…
The view from England: Mining and the wealth of nations
It is disconcerting for one’s hero to be described as “comically absent-minded,” with “peculiar habits of speech” (including talking to himself) and a smile of “inexpressible benignity.” Nevertheless, a hero…
Expert insight: Lithium funding starts in the aquifer, says Zelandez
Securing investment for lithium brine projects rests on convincing investors of both the resource size and quality, and its strong net present value (NPV). Access to accurate and trustworthy data…
New Alternative Minimum Tax measures a death knell to junior finance
The recently announced changes to the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) calculation effective in 2024 have sent shockwaves through the finance industry, raising concerns about their impact on junior finance and…
Investors flock to safety on rising risk around the globe
Prospective geology, reasonable costs, workable permitting and regulation regimes, and political stability rarely go together in a mining jurisdiction. That’s what makes mining such a high-risk, high-stakes business. Early entry…
The View from England: Win their hearts, and minds will follow
I shed tears within 30 pages. I expect you would too and, if you’re a miner, so you should. In a recently-published novel we are taken back to a small…
Work to sideline Russia on nuclear fuel puts Cameco at centre stage
Cameco CEO Tim Gitzel first joined the company’s executive team in 2007 – the year that the uranium price peaked at a high of US$136 per lb., rising from less…
Canadian miners are missing out on R&D tax incentives worth tens of thousands
As mining companies across Canada face budget cuts and more pressure to make sound investments, it has never been more important to make the most of every cent available. Canada…
Canada can’t build great mining companies fast enough to meet demand
Mining runs on M&A — one of the only constants in a business that’s full of uncertainty. Still, it’s been painful to watch so many home-grown metals and mining companies…
Mining’s brand needs to catch up with its importance to humanity
Any public figure knows that they must brand themselves early — or risk being branded in an unflattering light that could well stick. Ask any of the victims of former…
Biden soothes Canada’s fears of being crushed by US clean energy push
It can be easy to take a partnership between Canada and the United States as a given,” U.S. President Joe Biden told the House of Commons on Mar. 24 on his…