Fraser Institute poll names New Brunswick most attractive mining jurisdiction

New Brunswick has snatched the title as the most attractive jurisdiction to explore for minerals and build mines in the Fraser Institute’s yearly survey, jumping from last year’s position of twenty-third to beat Alberta. Of the 93...

Quebec exploration group attacks proposed environmental law

A Quebec industry association lashed out at the provincial government on Monday over a proposed bill that would give municipalities the power to block mining and exploration activities. The Quebec Mining Exploration Association (AEMQ) said it was...

'Uncertainty' the big killer for mining investment

The worst things a government looking to attract investment in its mining sector can do is to have murky regulations or backtrack on existing rules, Fraser Institute vice-president for international research Fred McMahon said on Thursday....

Attitudes becoming ‘more hostile’ to mining in 80% of jurisdictions – Fraser Institute

Attitudes are becoming more hostile to mining, the Fraser Institute’s latest ‘Survey of Mining Companies: 2010 Mid-year Update’ finds. No less than 41 of the 51 jurisdictions surveyed - some 80% - made that point. The institute conducted...

Australia, Quebec lose points in miners' books

The Canadian province of Alberta has replaced Quebec as the jurisdiction viewed as most attractive to for investment by industry executives, according to an update of the Fraser Institute's annual survey of mining companies. Unsurprisingly,...

Fresh SA mine-rights concerns not reflected in latest Fraser survey

Growing domestic concern about the reputational damage being done to South Africa as a potential mining investment destination as a result of recent developments in the area of mineral rights security were not immediately apparent in the Fraser...

Resources Watch

This week: the mining industry eyes the Colombian policy under a post-Uribe government, Optimum Coal launches a R600-million water treatment plant, and we take a look at a 50-t rock breaker.

Mining industry eyes Colombian policy under post-Uribe govt

The policies adopted by the new government in Colombia will be critical in determining whether the mining sector in the Latin American nation continues to grow the way that it has under outgoing President Alvaro Uribe. According the Fraser...

Daily podcast – February 27, 2009

In today's podcast: mining sector executives predict a severe-pull back in exploration activity; and Pan African appeals to the SA government for assistance with illegal miners.

Mining industry survey paints gloomy picture on outlook

Mining sector executives are predicting a severe pullback in exploration activity, and expect that around a third of the world's exploration firms will not survive the current downturn, according to an industry survey published on Thursday. Four...

'Geology not enough to attract mining investment'

Attractive geology does not guarantee mining investment if a region's policies are bad, said mining executives surveyed in the eighth Annual Survey of Mining Companies, released today by The Fraser Institute.