Editorial: Mining-powered rockets vs dockets
As we look in the waning days of summer to the United States’ Southwest in this edition, it strikes us that there’s been a staggering number of days that only…
Regulatory Issues
Australia at risk of losing its ‘shine,’ miners warn
BHP the latest to issue warning over Australia’s competitiveness
following Regis gold mine rejection.
Midnight Sun shares plunge as Zambia blocks copper target’s exploration
Midnight Sun Mining (TSXV: MMA) shares plunged on Thursday after it reported the Zambian government rejected a request to renew the company’s exploration licence for the Kazhiba target at its…
Cordoba Minerals bags Alacran permit approval in Colombia
Cordoba Minerals (TSXV: CDB; US-OTC: CDBMF) has secured a construction permit for the Alacran copper-gold-silver project in Colombia with work set to start by the second quarter next year, assuming…
Atlantic Mining faces $80M cleanup bond deadline amid court battle with Nova Scotia
A Nova Scotia subsidiary of Australia’s St Barbara (SBM:ASX) is scrambling to pay off a $79.9 million cleanup bill by next Tuesday for its closed Touquoy gold mine. The company,…
BC orders Artemis to remove worker camp near Blackwater project
The British Columbia government has directed Artemis Gold (TSXV: ARTG) to remove a construction worker camp near its Blackwater project by the end of August for breaking environmental guidelines. Early…
Canada imposes tariffs on Chinese EVs, steel to boost mining sector
Canada on Monday introduced weighty tariffs on steel, aluminum and electric vehicle (EV) imports from China in a move the government said will protect the mining sector and domestic jobs…
Canadian rail lines restore service but supply snags need to be smoothed
Canada’s rail disruption has ended after Ottawa imposed binding arbitration but cargo piled in loading yards could take a few weeks to sort out, officials said. Workers at Canadian National…
Feds end Canada’s rail strike
Ottawa has stepped in to end a rare strike halting both of Canada’s major railways less than a day after it began. Labour Minister Steve MacKinnon on Thursday afternoon ordered…
Regis takes US$130M hit on Australian project in new heritage zone
Regis Resources’ (ASX: RRL), the third-largest gold miner on the ASX, says its McPhillamys project in Australia has lost almost all of its value after the federal government issued an…
Video: ‘Grade smearing’ top junior sector misdeed, Brent Cook says
Retail investors can struggle to make sense of drill results, but some junior mining explorers make things worse with misleading reporting practices that inflate the value of their projects, industry…
Western Copper rolls back Casino permitting plans to 2025
Western Copper and Gold (TSX: WRN; NYSE: WRN) is planning to delay the submission of a key environmental permitting document for its Casino project in Yukon in the wake of…