Editorial



Editorial: Burkina Faso rattled by coup

For global gold miners, the emerging gold mining industry in Burkina Faso has been a wonderful success story of discovery and mine development in a land that until recently had little modern industry of any kind, or infrastructure. 


Otto Perez Molina, President of Guatemala, looks at his notes during the Forum Debate: 'Winning the War on Drugs' at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 24, 2013. Credit: World Economic Forum, Photo by Michael Wuertenberg.

Editorial: Political risk never far in Guatemala

As miners active in Guatemala sit on the sidelines with furrowed brows, Guatemala has been embroiled in a political turmoil stoked by an anti-corruption drive that has led to the arrest of President Otto Perez Molina and the rise of a genial…


Editorial: Signs of life in copper market

Glencore’s surprise decision to cut back its copper production coupled with stronger-than-expected Chinese copper import data have had a salutary effect on copper prices, which jumped 5% on Sept. 8 to record their biggest one-day…








Editorial: No silver bullet for cybercrime

At the end of June, Detour Gold reported that its IT systems had been subject to an “illegal breach” that resulted in confidential information being “accessed and disclosed by hackers.” The stolen information included…


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