The growing importance of Corporate Social Responsibility
Vancouver – Wednesday morning the Mineral Exploration Roundup in Vancouver turned to the growing importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the business.
Aboriginal Matters
Human Rights ruling for OceanaGold’s Didipio
Vancouver – A human rights ruling in the Philippines seems to have raised doubts as to the future of OceanaGold’s (OGC-T) Didipio project, while the Australian miner is assuring investors the project is a go.
Peru’s Toledo builds bridges with Canadian miners (December 07, 2010)
Alejandro Toledo, president of Peru from 2001-06, announced in November that he is returning to the public stage and running in the Peruvian presidential elections that will be held in April 2011 to find a successor to current President Alan…
Commentary: Harvard Law School responds to AME BC letter re. First Nations report
In June 2010, Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic released a report entitled Bearing the …
Strong reactions to environmental review of Prosperity
Vancouver – The language in the federal review panel’s environmental assessment on Taseko Mines’ (TKO-T, …
Goldcorp defends mining practices (May 31, 2010)
While Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) discussed plans for production growth and dividend increases at its annual shareholders’ meeting in Toronto on May 19, much of the conversation surrounded the gold miner’s p…
The next big name in mining right in our own backyard?
Investors looking for the next great mining destination often look to far-off and exotic lands that they hope …
Chief explains Ring of Fire protest
First Nation groups eager to be involved in the mining business in northern Ontario are blocking two ice airst…
Natives block airstrips in Ring of Fire
First Nation groups in the James Bay Lowlands have set up blockades on two ice airstrips to stop explorat…
Commentary: Ontario’s Far North Act would cause conflict, delay: OMA
The following is the second of two edited portions of the Ontario Mining Association’s submission to the Sta…
Platinex to visit contested property; the KI prepare to stop them
The first nations group, Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI), has been flying protestors to a remote exploration…
Commentary: Ontario’s bills 173 and 191 shouldn’t be enacted as is: PDAC
The following is a condensed version of a presentation by the president of the Prospectors and Developers As…