The following is an edited excerpt of a speech on the so-called “Dutch Disease,” made by Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of Canada, at the Spruce Meadows Round Table in Calgary on Sept. 7, 2012. For the full speech, including charts and…
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 in cultivating global free-trade arrangements geared towards expediting the flow…
VANCOUVER — The S&P TSX Venture Composite Index slipped 3.69 points to 1,186.95 points in the July 30 to August 3 period after three days of losses outweighed two days of gains. Volume was up by several million to an average of 62…
VANCOUVER — U.S. equities jumped late in the week following news that European leaders had agreed to distribute rescue funding directly to troubled national banks, which marked a key victory for Spain and Italy where borrowing costs where…
In another milestone of Britain’s century-long fading as a global power, the 135-year-old, privately held London Metal Exchange — the world’s premier non-ferrous metals market — looks set to be sold off to interests…
The following are findings from the Mining Recruitment Group’s (MRG) latest annual Executive Survey, which was distributed during the first week of June and completed by 140 mining leaders.This has been a year of tremendous volatility for…
EXCHANGE RATES CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date June 11 June 8 June 7 June 6 June 5 US$ in C 1.0283 1.0332 1.0244 1.0297 1.0414 …
SPOT PRICESCourtesy of ScotiaBankTuesday, May 29, 2012 Precious MetalsPrice…
The game of gold investing never gets dull for investors who get to ponder the delicate interplay of geopolitics, macroeconomics, heavy industry, mineral exploration and fashion trends that gives us our ever-changing prices for gold bullion and…
The March 2012 federal budget in Canada sent shockwaves through the nation’s resource sectors when it announced the scheduled phase-out of the overseas employment tax credit (OETC) by 2016. Now, Canadian mining and metals companies…
Over the years, mine developers in Canada have heard politicians at the provincial and federal level make so many empty promises to streamline the redundancy-laden process for mine approvals, it’s been easy to tune them out and temper…
Global demand for raw materials is increasing, and we believe Greenland can play a part in meeting demand.
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