Editorial: Keeping up with gold price forecasts
As if there weren’t enough upheaval in the markets. Now Canada’s Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank) — one of the world’s biggest lenders to the…
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Editorial: The good, the bad and the absurd
First the good news: Quebec’s decision last week to add mining to the list of priority activities and services permitted during the pandemic elicited quiet…
Editorial: Sinking in a sea of red
The economic fallout from COVID-19 is mounting sharply. Last week, unemployment claims in the United States hit a record 6.6 million, up from 3.3 million…
Editorial: Asia shows the way
When I landed at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport on March 20 aboard an Air Canada ‘repatriation’ flight from Mexico, none of us were checked to…
Editorial: Disruption – The new normal
What was surprising about the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference this year was how many people actually showed up, with Covid-19 ripping…
Editorial: China must ban wildlife trade to prevent new viruses
When the coronavirus that caused Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) became a worldwide health emergency between November 2002 and July 2003, I was the bureau…
Editorial: Sustainability tops discussions at Davos
In December, Time named Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg its person of the year — the youngest person ever awarded the accolade in the magazine’s…
Editorial: Canadians mourn loss of fellow citizens on Flight PS752
More than a thousand people attending the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame gala in Toronto on Jan. 9 bowed their heads in silence for the…
Editorial: Top stories of 2019
The mining industry had its share of tragedy this year starting in January with the murder of Canadian geologist Kirk Woodman in Burkina Faso and…
Most-clicked stories of 2019
As 2019 draws to a close, we take a look at the most-clicked stories on our website this year, in descending order. No. 1: Interview: The…
Editorial: Glencore in the crosshairs
Glencore CEO Ivan Glasenberg said in 2018 that he expected to retire within three or four years. But during an investor day in London on…
Editorial: Use of force against protesters in Chile alarms UN, Human Rights Watch
Since protests in Chile erupted over a subway fare increase in early October and morphed into broader demonstrations over income equality, inadequate public services and…