Thursday
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03 Jul 2008
Ernst & Young mining analysts recently said “the credit crunch does not seem to be having a significant impact on the sector.” However, the firm’s Canadian office said Wednesday Canadian junior explorer IPOs are suffering.
Tuesday
,
01 Jul 2008
Despite some initial miscalculations contained in a base-case preliminary economic assessment released earlier this month, Northland Resources rebounded Monday with a revised outlook for three Scandinavian iron ore projects.
Thursday
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19 Jun 2008
Following the Kyrgyz court decision to suspend some of Centerra’s Kumtor gold mine licenses, a further pending decision on the company’s main licenses could cause it to have to cease mining the high grade deposit altogether.
Tuesday
,
17 Jun 2008
Canada’s No. 4 oil producer has put back an expansion decision on its MacKay River oil sands project as capital and operating costs soar and new royalty regime.
Friday
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13 Jun 2008
Canada's prairie province of Saskatchewan isn't short of potash as exploitation rush is under way, but costs of deep mining necessary mean only those with deep pockets likely to be able to meet the costs of a new mine.
Tuesday
,
10 Jun 2008
Canada’s Inmet Mining is facing potential delays in bringing its high grade copper mining operation in Spain, originally due to start-up this year, through water permit problems.
Friday
,
06 Jun 2008
Potash Corporation’s shares hit new records as CEO paints a very positive short and medium term future for potash prices with no new mines in sight anywhere in the world, huge demand and rising prices.
Tuesday
,
03 Jun 2008
New mining method promises doubling of reserves at its Canadian niobium mine, while Iamgold also making moves to cut costs at African gold operations by $40 an ounce.
Monday
,
02 Jun 2008
Cost pressures on mines have led to an easing on the TSX, bringing stocks down from a record high, as analysts cautious about some miners’ future profits.
Saturday
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31 May 2008
The recent ruling by the country's environment ministry prohibiting large scale gold mining development in Venezuela's Imataca Forest raises mining sector nationalisation fears again.
Friday
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30 May 2008
Mexican mineworkers’ union leader Gomez, effectively in exile in Canada continues to fight on with the strike which has kept Mexico’s largest copper mine paralysed for 10 months.
Thursday
,
29 May 2008
The Northwest Territories Supreme Court has overturned a lower court ruling that found the fault for circumstances that led to 1992 blast that killed nine miners at the NWT Giant Mine was shared by a number of parties.
Wednesday
,
28 May 2008
Originally discovered in the 1940s, Mt. Milligan may be finally be on its way to being approved, financed and constructed as British Columbia’s next major copper-gold mine.
Friday
,
23 May 2008
The battle rages on to force the Ontario Government to fulfill its obligation to consult with a First Nation community as a junior explorer sues over the government’s alleged failure to help them enforce the laws protecting its claims.
Wednesday
,
21 May 2008
Environmental and human rights NGOs used the question-and-answer session of the Goldcorp AGM in Toronto Tuesday as a forum to air their allegations and grievances against one of the world’s largest gold miners.
Thursday
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15 May 2008
The BC Mineral Exploration and Mining Labour Market Task Force Tuesday released a human resources strategy to attract new employees to the sector with an already declining workforce.
Thursday
,
15 May 2008
Strong base metals prices and growing global demand helped the BC mining industry last year, despite a 48% decrease in net earnings.
Thursday
,
15 May 2008
As Pan American Silver shattered most corporate records during the first quarter, CEO Geoff Burns predicted that the company should continue to be breaking records for the rest of the year.
Wednesday
,
14 May 2008
Mid tier gold and niobium producer Iamgold reports first quarter profits up over 200 percent on higher metals prices, but still slightly below analysts’ expectations.
Tuesday
,
13 May 2008
BHP Billiton has offered $281 million for Anglo Potash Ltd. in a friendly takeover bid to gain control over a Saskatchewan potash mine.
Saturday
,
10 May 2008
National Instrument 43-101 is a rule developed by the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and administered by the provincial securities commissions that governs how issuers disclose scientific and technical information about their mineral projects to the public. Brian Graves of Canadian law firm, McCarthy Tétrault details some of the areas in which mining and exploration companies need to be particularly careful in their disclosures.
Friday
,
09 May 2008
As Yamana concentrates on organic project growth this year, the company has approved construction start-up for the C1 Santa Luz gold project in Brazil.
Tuesday
,
06 May 2008
Quebec’s Éléonore project may become a meaningful gold mine for Goldcorp, and could be the foundation of a new mine district in an underexplored area.
Wednesday
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30 Apr 2008
After losing an attempt to lift a court injunction, Inmet’s Cerattepe copper project has been placed on care-and-maintenance basis pending the outcome of a Rize Administrative Court decision.
