Just two weeks after the Aluminum Corporation of China (Chalco) announced that it intended to make a proportional takeover bid for up to 60% of SouthGobi Resources’ (SGQ-T) issued and outstanding shares, and Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N,…
VANCOUVER — The world’s largest, publicly-traded copper producer, Phoenix-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N), is standing tough in the face of simmering labour turmoil and nationalisation overtures aimed at its…
VANCOUVER — The Canadian Government has outlined broad changes to the environmental assessment process in an effort to improve efficiency and certainty, but only when the legislation is tabled will it become clear how the government…
Vancouver-based developer Platinum Group Metals (PTM-T, PLG-X) is looking to fill a gap in mid-term platinum group metals (PGM) supply. And with a mining permit in hand for its Western Bushveld platinum joint venture in South Africa, the…
The Australian Parliament has passed a bill for a 30% mining tax on iron ore and coal mine profits in the country, leaving some miners and state governments threatening to fight back.
Indonesia’s new indigenization legislation aimed at foreign mining companies opens another chapter in a resource-nationalization saga amongst developing countries.
Vancouver — A dispute between Anglo American (AAUKY-Q, AAL-L) and Chilean state-owned copper miner Codelco over the Los Bronces copper mine in Chile has devolved into a public spat in the Chilean courts and international press.
Vancouver — The numbers are sobering: A $4-billion class action lawsuit against Kinross Gold (K-T, KGC-N), a $1-billion claim against Baffinland Iron Mines, a $250-million claim against Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N), a $66-million…
Toronto-based Inmet Mining (IMN-T) is on the periphery of a pitched battle between Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli and indigenous groups protesting the government’s aggressive resource-expansion policies.
Proposed changes to Canada’s Environmental Assessment Act could streamline and simplify the environmental approval process, much in-line with pledges already made by the federal Conservative government.
The Australian Parliament on March 19 passed a bill for a new 30% mining tax on iron ore and coal mine profits in the country, leaving some miners and business groups in a fury.
A measure of certainty mixed with relief has flooded back into the market about uranium exploration in Labrador after the Nunatsiavut government lifted its three-year moratorium on working, producing, mining and developing uranium on lands…
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