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Project optimisation: Realising returns
28th February 2014 By Lee Downham In recent years, the financing environment for mining and metals companies of all sizes has been particularly tough, which has, in turn, put greater pressure on capital allocation decisions. Dramatic volatility and uncertainty in metal prices, energy costs, interest rates and... →
Infrastructure a burning issue in Ontario’s remote Ring of Fire
By: Mariaan Webb 28th February 2014 In Ontario’s Far North, the mineral reserve dubbed the Ring of Fire has been hailed as one of the most promising mineral developments in the province in almost a century, with the largest deposit of chromite ever discovered in North America. This discovery has potential for decades, possibly a... →
Europe’s manufacturing powerhouse scouts for ‘critical’ minerals to maintain technological edge
By: Mariaan Webb 28th February 2014 As a nation heavily reliant on commodity imports to sustain its industrial output, Germany is seeking closer ties with the Canadian mining industry to maintain its pole position as Europe’s manufacturing powerhouse. →
Underexplored Alaska open for mining investment
By: Mariaan Webb 28th February 2014 Despite the high-profile negative publicity around a plan to build a massive openpit mine in the Bristol Bay region, most of Alaska’s communities welcome responsible exploration and development, says the state’s Division of Economic Development director Joe Jacobson. →
Striking a balance between the interests of investors and host nations
By: Mariaan Webb 28th February 2014 The rapid growth of emerging economies in Asia has driven a surge in demand for commodities in recent years, spurring investment in mineral resource projects across the globe. Higher commodity prices have seen governments of many resource-rich jurisdictions stepping up efforts to extract the most... →
In 2014, a bull market rises from the Great Recession
By: Henry Lazenby 28th February 2014 Throughout 2013 world economic instabilities, lower commodity prices and decreased consumption growth in emerging markets all conspired to see many companies in the metals and mining sector witness their share prices plummet; the great wheel of change could finally start turning, however,... →
FEELING THE SQUEEZE Some gold miners are targeting higher-grade ore to keep marginal mines operating and generating cash, at the expense of future production
From a provincial meeting to the global stage, PDAC Convention continues to grow
By: Mariaan Webb 28th February 2014 From a provincial yearly meeting of 900 attendees in the 1930s, the yearly Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Convention has grown into an international conference attracting tens of thousands of attendees from around the world. →
Asian steel giants flexing muscle in Canada’s Labrador Trough
By: Mariaan Webb 28th February 2014 The booming commodity prices of the last decade have sparked considerable interest in the Labrador Trough – Canada’s main iron-ore district which extends through northern Quebec and Labrador – and while dozens of the junior developers that have flocked to the region are now struggling to finance... →
It is time to get South Africa’s ducks in a row – Shapiro
By: Mariaan Webb 28th February 2014 Unless South Africa manages to get its proverbial ducks in a row, the country is going to have difficulty attracting junior mining companies, which are typically the ones that take the most risk and find the world-class assets that bigger players eventually mine. →
Potash requires moderate approach to pricing – analyst
By: Mariaan Webb 28th February 2014 Potash producers will have to follow a moderate approach to pricing and could risk choking off demand for the key crop ingredient if they set their sights too quickly on regaining a price level of $400/t to $500/t, says London-based analyst Paul Burnside, of CRU. →
An employee uses the light from a head torch to illuminate the machine cut walls of a potash mine operated by Uralkali, in Russia
Allana eyes 1Mt/y from Ethiopian potash mine
By: Mariaan Webb 28th February 2014 It is hard to imagine building a mine in one of the hottest places in the world, but for Canadian exploration and development company →
Six industry leaders honoured with 2014 PDAC awards
28th February 2014 The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) is honouring six industry leaders at this year’s PDAC convention, with the 2014 winners to be celebrated at the association’s awards evening on Monday, at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel. →
CORTEZ MINE, NEVADA Barrick Gold's Goldrush Discovery Team is among the six award recipients that will be honoured by the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada at a special awards ceremony on Monday, March 3
Newstrike expects flagship Mexico project to appear on buyers’ radar
By: Mariaan Webb 28th February 2014 The low-risk, high-grade Ana Paula gold exploration project in Mexico’s Guerrero gold belt, which precious metals explorer Newstrike Capital bought from Goldcorp about four years ago, could attract interest from several potential buyers. →
Business as usual won’t cut it anymore, says software group Mintec
By: Mariaan Webb 28th February 2014 With uncertain commodity markets, mining software group Mintec has reported a “year unlike any other” in 2013, as resource firms increasingly turned to technological innovation to increase efficiencies and lower costs. →
PDAC calls for renewal of the Mineral Exploration Tax Credit to sustain capital flows for exploration
By: Mariaan Webb 28th February 2014 The current challenges facing the resources industry, coupled with the difficulty of raising capital, reinforce the importance of extending the Mineral Exploration Tax Credit (METC), which will expire at the end of March. →
Alderon hopes to push start button on Labrador mine by early 2016
By: Mariaan Webb 28th February 2014 With nearly all the approvals in hand for its Kami iron project in western Labrador, TSX-listed Alderon Iron is gearing up to put shovels in the ground and start construction on what will be Canada’s newest iron-ore mine. →
Mining increasingly a young person’s career choice – SME
28th February 2014 As the global population grows, so too will the demand for products and services, which means that the mining industry will need more qualified technical workers to help develop and operate global mining projects. →
Toronto Stock Exchange ‘still an exciting place’ for international firms – Chadda
By: Mariaan Webb 28th February 2014 Canada’s two main bourses – Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V) – are “very relevant, highly ranked and an exciting place to be” for international firms, despite dozens of companies delisting in 2013, says TSX senior VP Ungad Chadda. →
Two new mines set to enter production in British Columbia this year 
By: Mariaan Webb 28th February 2014 British Columbia, which celebrated the opening of the Thompson Creek-owned Mt Milligan copper/gold mine in 2013, will see two more mines enter production this year, bringing the number of operating mines in the province to 21. →
Fortune Minerals pursuing strategic partnership strategy to finance projects
By: Mariaan Webb 28th February 2014 As the mining world struggles to raise financing on global capital markets, Toronto-listed diversified junior Fortune Minerals is pursuing a financing strategy based on securing strategic partnerships with companies that need the product it plans to produce from its two development projects in... →
HR issues put mining sector competitiveness at risk
By: Janice Healing 15th February 2013 Without exception the mining sector the world over must deal with the ‘people factor’. In this regard Canada is no different, with human resources (HR) challenges one of the largest threats to the future competitiveness of its mining industry. The Mining Industry Human Resources Council (MiHR) is... →
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