Samarco hit with almost $1B lawsuit
The beleagured Sarmaco joint-venture in Brazil between BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) and Vale (NYSE: VALE) has been hit with an almost US$1 billion lawsuit from noteholders who…
Regulatory Issues
Major reforms proposed in Yukon mineral development strategy report
Developing new mining legislation, creating a water use tax and completing the Yukon’s six outstanding land use plans in the next five years are among the substantial list of recommendations…
Industry, investors divided on proposed Ontario capital market reforms
Institutional investors, industry groups and experts are divided on a set of substantial capital markets reforms being proposed by Ontario’s capital markets modernization taskforce. The taskforce, set up in February…
MAC says fed review of Teck’s Castle project ‘political in nature’
Canada’s national association for miners, the Mining Association of Canada (MAC), is weighing in on the federal government’s decision to review Teck Resources’ (TSX: TECK.B; NYSE: TECK) proposed Castle Mountain…
Commentary: COVID-19 – Assessment work applications under the Mining Act
Following the declaration of emergency on March 17 under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act in Ontario due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ability of holders of unpatented mining…
US markets fall, Feb. 17-21: Agnico, AngloGold Ashanti, Barrick, Coeur Mining
With the coronavirus epidemic and trade tensions clouding the economic outlook, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.38% to 28,992.41 and the S&P 500 dropped 1.26% to 3,337.75. Safe haven…
Commentary: Apples & oranges — The standardization of technical reporting
In October, the Committee for Mineral Reserves International Reporting Standards (CRIRSCO) released the October 2019 version of the CRIRSCO template for standardized public reporting of exploration results, mineral resources and…
Editorial: Indonesia to ban nickel ore exports in 2020
Indonesia has confirmed it will ban exports of nickel ore from January 2020 — two years earlier than expected. The Southeast Asian nation is the world’s largest nickel ore producer,…
Interview: Avoid becoming ‘roadkill’ on the road to resources, advises Bill Gallagher
Strategist, lawyer and author Bill Gallagher is an expert on Canada’s Indigenous People and their land rights, and how they relate to resource development in the country. Based in Waterloo,…
Editorial: Proposed US mining legislation follows strict party lines
The increased polarity and hardening of political stances in the U.S. — combined with the flip last election to Democratic Party control of the U.S. House of Representatives, and its…
Bolivian gov’t seeks a new deal with miners, says Minister Navarro
LA PAZ, BOLIVIA — The Bolivian government is “building a new relation between business and the state,” Bolivia’s Mining and Metallurgy Minister Cesar Navarro tells The Northern Miner in a…
Proposed legislation by Rep. Grijalva in US a ‘disaster in the making’, says AEMA
The American Exploration & Mining Association (AEMA) has made the following statement in response to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Hearing discussing Rep. Raúl Grijalva’s (D-Ariz.) Hardrock Leasing…