The following is an edited excerpt from Norton Rose Fulbright’s summary of its 2015 Litigation Trends Annual Survey. The survey polled more than 800 corporate counsel representing companies across 26 countries. For more information and to…
A newly released coroner jury’s verdict and recommendations stemming from the two-week inquest into the deaths of two miners at Vale’s underground Stobie nickel mine in Sudbury, Ont., in 2011 has met with wide approval from all…
It’s taken more than a decade, but Mines Management (TSX: MGT; NYSE-MKT: MGN) could be on the brink of pushing its Montanore project in northwestern Montana past the permitting finishing line.
VANCOUVER — On April 21, Canadian Minister of Finance Joe Oliver tabled the country’s annual federal budget, wherein the Conservative government achieved a $1.4-billion surplus that fulfills the promise of balanced books made…
Lydian International (TSX: LYD; US-OTC: LYDIF) says new mine ramp gradients will help it save up to $100 million in operating costs, and trim total cash costs to US$600 per oz. from US$642 per oz. at its Amulsar gold project in southern Armenia.
More meat has been added to the bones of Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard’s revival of former Premier Jean Charest’s shelved Plan Nord to develop large infrastructure in Quebec’s resource-rich Far North.
Following our interview with Ecuador’s Mining Minister Javier Cordova at the recent Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada convention (PDAC), The Northern Miner interviewed Ecuador’s Minister of Strategic Sectors, Rafael…
VANCOUVER — There are some savvy investors who are banking on a profitable shift in the Ecuadorian government’s approach to mineral exploration and development. The country has been high on the socio-political risk ladder over…
Colombia’s mining sector makes up 3% of the country’s gross domestic product. It is the world’s fourth-largest coal producer at 90 million tonnes per year, the tenth-largest nickel producer, and it is rich in copper, precious…
VANCOUVER — Toronto-based junior Noront Resources (TSX: NOT; US-OTC: NOSOF) has emerged as a leader in Ontario’s controversial Ring of Fire mineral belt over the past eight years, and on March 23 the company solidified itself as the…
Peter Leon is head of mining regulation at South African law firm Webber Wentzel and is a partner in the firm’s mining practice. The Northern Miner caught up with him a day before the Prospectors &Developers Association of Canada…
The 2015 Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference kicked off with announcement that the Ontario and federal governments will be investing funds to support development in northwestern Ontario.
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