Canadian gov’t bankrolls Women in Mining initiative
Status of Women Canada has pledged $250,000 to fund a new project designed to get more women employed in the mining industry.
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Commentary: Australia, its economy and mining
You can expect a salary of A$150,000 or more as a truck driver at a remote iron ore project in Australia. The country has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of the economic boom in China, having grown continuously for more than two decades….
CPM Group’s Jeffrey Christian on gold’s future
Jeffrey Christian, managing director of the CPM Group, a New York-based research consulting firm, took time out to talk to The Northern Miner about the gold price and the state of the gold mining sector.
University of Waterloo students win National Mining Competition
A quartet of engineering students from the University of Waterloo took the top prize at the third annual National Mining Competition in Saskatoon in early November.
RPA’s Graham Clow: Red flags investors should heed
Even in the best of times the mining industry can be a financial minefield for investors.
HSBC cuts iron ore price forecasts
The current iron ore market “looks like a game of chicken where no player has blinked,” says the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp.
Commentary: As graphite prices stumble, more is needed for new operations to succeed
The latest China monthly graphite export data support the idea of some graphite price stabilization. Natural graphite prices trending lower would bolster their competitiveness against synthetic graphite and accelerate demand.
OMA study: New mines a boost to Ontario economy
A new study by the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management commissioned by the Ontario Mining Association measures the impact on gross domestic product, employment and government revenue from open pit and underground mining…
Canadian Mining Hall of Fame to fete mining leaders
The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame will honour four industry greats at its annual induction dinner on Jan. 15, 2015, in Toronto. This year’s inductees are Peter M.D. Bradshaw, Ronald K. Netolitzky, Ian Telfer and Mackenzie Iles Watson. The…
ICSG forecasts copper surplus in 2015
After five years in a row of deficits, the copper market should show a production surplus in 2015, according to The International Copper Study Group.
Ross Middleton on boosting productivity, returns
“Productivity is the prime imperative for the mining industry of the decade or decades to come,” Ross Middleton, a partner with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), told attendees at Mining Magazine’s “Optimizing Mine…
Commentary: Steel demand cools
The following is an edited excerpt from the World Steel Association’s (worldsteel) “Short-range outlook for 2014 and 2015.” It forecasts that global apparent steel use will increase by 2% to 1,562 million tonnes in 2014 after…