New tax raises miners’ ire in Australia (May 03, 2010)
Australia’s reputation as a mining-friendly country with a stable tax regime was thrown into doubt after the n…
Regulatory Issues
Commentary: Taking stock of Quebec’s new mining taxes
The Quebec Finance Minister Raymond Bachand’s budget on March 30, 2010, significantly revamped the Quebec mi…
Editorial: Taxes and rumours of taxes
Governments have squeezed the golden mining goose a little tighter in two major mining countries over the pa…
Greystar blindsided by new environmental rules at Angostura
Steve Kesler hardly had time to get comfortable in his new chief executive’s chair before finding himself in t…
Commentary: BC’s future as a global mining leader needs nurturing
Mineral Exploration Roundup 2010, the Association for Mineral Exploration B.C.’s 27th annual conference, foc…
New Gold gets Cerro San Pedro’s suspension order overturned
Mexican government officials have granted New Gold (NGD-T, NGD-X) an injunction related to the Nov. 18, 2009…
Editorial: ‘Climategate’ puts warm-mongers on the defensive
The edifice of manmade global-warming alarmism continues to crumble in the wake of “Climategate,” which stem…
Editorial: Bill C-300 still flawed
Canada’s mining industry spent a rare week under the national media’s heat lamps in late November, as many r…
Canadian miners strike back
After taking abuse from both the media and non governmental organizations (NGOs) for the better part of the we…
Uncertainty reigns over Ecuadorian royalty regime
Vancouver – Despite signs that a tentative heartbeat is returning to Ecuador’s mining industry, questions st…
International Royalty Takes Vale To Court Over Royalty Spat
International Royalty (IRC-T, ROY-X) and Altius Minerals (ALS-T, ATUSF-O) are taking Vale (VALE-N) to court over royalty payments they claim shortchanged them by more than US$26 million.
Ivanhoe Signs Oyu Tolgoi Investment Agreement
After many tortuous years of nego t i at i o n , Canada’s Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N) has finally signed a long-term investment agreement with the government of Mongolia to build and operate a US$4-b…