Who will follow Australia’s lead on mining tax? (May 18, 2010)
The global mining team at UBS Investment Research is fingering Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mo…
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
Editorial: Aussie tax showdown
While the European debt crisis and all-time record-high gold prices above US$1,240 per oz. have grabbed the …
New tax raises miners’ ire in Australia (May 10, 2010)
Australia’s reputation as a mining-friendly country with a stable tax regime was thrown into doubt after the national government announced plans to create a new tax that specifically targets miners in…
Tax news wallops Aussie miners
Australia arguably slipped from being a pro-mining country to an anti-mining one in early May, as the left-leaning federal government there unveiled sweeping plans to change the island nation into one…
TNM editor talks Aussie taxes on BNN
The Northern Miner editor John Cumming and Terence Ortslan, managing director of TSO and Associates, joined ho…
Rio Tinto invests US$235 million in Canada
Rio Tinto (RIO-N, RIO-L) stands to be one of the biggest losers if Australia passes a proposed 40% tax on wind…
Editorial: Aussie miners walloped by tax news
Australia arguably slipped from being a pro-mining country to an anti-mining one in early May, as the left-l…
Lihir agrees to improved Newcrest offer (May 05, 2010)
Papua New Guinea-focused Lihir Gold (LGG-T, LGL-A, LIHR-Q) has agreed to be acquired by Newcrest Mining (NCM-A…
New tax raises miners’ ire in Australia (May 03, 2010)
Australia’s reputation as a mining-friendly country with a stable tax regime was thrown into doubt after the n…
Editorial: Taxes and rumours of taxes
Governments have squeezed the golden mining goose a little tighter in two major mining countries over the pa…
Newcrest still most likely to acquire Lihir
Despite Lihir Gold’s (LGG-T, LGL-T, LIHR-N) rejection of Newcrest Mining’s (NCM-A) offer on April 1, the poten…
La Mancha pours first gold at While Foil mine in Australia
La Mancha Resources (LMA-T) poured its first gold dore bar from its 100%-owned White Foil mine near Kalgoorlie…