In presenting its budget on March 29, the Canadian government lived up to its reputation of being mining-friendly, even in an age of austerity budgets worldwide. Overall, the relatively healthy state of the Canadian economy gave federal Finance…
The nickel sector was caught a bit off guard in February when an Indonesian press report claimed the country’s government intends to enact its proposed ban on nickel ore exports from January 2014 to as early as May 2012. The ban,…
The following is a summary of the International Copper Study Group’s (ICSG) preliminary data for 2011 world copper supply and demand. The full report is included in the ICSG’s March 2012 Copper Bulletin, which can be purchased at…
Another year, another coup in Africa. This past week it was Mali’s turn to see rebel troops running through the streets of the capital and taking over the presidential palace.
Since the outbreak in 2007 of the global financial crisis, March has been the worst month for the gold price with average declines of about 1.6%. But David Doyle, a Toronto-based strategist and economist at Macquarie Capital Markets, believes…
The acceleration of capital outflow from emerging markets and tighter liquidity as stimulus ends from the U.S. Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank, a “rebalancing” in China where policymakers are not actively stimulating private…
Vancouver — Silver Wheaton (SLW-T, SLW-N) is the reigning king of silver-stream financing, and the company continued to experience notable growth in 2011.
Financing was a recurring theme at this year’s eightieth Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention in Toronto. With debt markets in Europe faltering and equity markets globally not performing up to snuff, miners…
Proposed changes to Canada’s Environmental Assessment Act could streamline and simplify the environmental approval process, much in-line with pledges already made by the federal Conservative government.
Wood Mackenzie is forecasting global demand growth for copper this year of 3.6%, a copper deficit of 100,000 tonnes and London Metal Exchange cash prices averaging US$8,700 per tonne, or US$3.95 per lb., down from an average of US$8,800 per…
Vancouver — Sandstorm Gold (SSL-T) is not an exploration or operational mining outfit. The company is not interested in spending equity capital on surface exploration, drill programs or environmental-impact studies. Instead, Sandstorm…
“Gold is money. If you don’t have gold, you better get some,” says Rob McEwen, chairman and CEO of McEwen Mining (MAQ-T, MUX-N), in a corporate presentation at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s…
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