Editorial: Palladium has its day in the sun
Already-strong palladium prices soared to new heights in March, with spot palladium prices topping US$1,600 for the first time on March 20, and hitting an all-time record high of US$1,604…
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Editorial: Federal gov’t unveils Canadian Minerals and Metals Plan
Canada’s federal government used the opportunity of the annual convention of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada in Toronto in early March to unveil its 44-page Canadian Minerals and…
Editorial: Iron ore prices surge higher on Vale disaster
All of those supply and demand, and price forecasts carefully assembled in late 2018 for iron ore have become obsolete in the wake of Vale’s devastating Corrego do Feijao tailings…
Editorial: Tailings spill at Feijao is Vale’s worst yet, with 84 dead, 276 missing
Here we go again. With memories still fresh of Vale and BHP’s deadly Samarco iron ore tailings disaster in Mariana, Brazil in November 2015 — which killed 19 people —…
Editorial: Newmont-Goldcorp merger rocks gold industry
The new year continues to be a fascinating one in the global mining industry, with the unveiling on Jan. 14 of Newmont Mining’s blockbuster US$10-billion deal to acquire Goldcorp, and…
Editorial: Gold, Barrick come out of gates strong in 2019
If the first week of trading in 2019 is auspicious for the rest of the year, gold bugs are going to be in for a fun ride. Amidst broad market…
Editorial: Rio Tinto-led staking rush hits Australia’s Paterson province
As 2018 draws to a close, one of the more intriguing exploration stories of the year is shaping up in the Paterson province in a remote part of Western Australia’s…
Editorial: Vanadium shines bright amidst the gloom
While the world’s commodity markets and the broader stock markets weather a jittery season of lower lows and seething dread, there is one relatively obscure metal that is doing just…
Editorial: Gold majors jostle for attention in Denver
The pecking order within the global gold mining industry is never more on display each year than at the Denver Gold Forum in September, with miners and developers of all…
Editorial: Barrick-Randgold merger full of promise and possible pitfalls
The merger between Barrick Gold and Randgold Resources announced Sept. 25 is the most fascinating development in the gold-mining sector since 2006, when Barrick Gold took over rival Placer Dome…
Editorial: Worries of lithium oversupply dog market
There’s no better example of how unhinged the junior mining market can get than the last few releases in August from Toronto-based Desert Lion Energy in relation to its assets…
Editorial: Gold, copper declines start to bite
The dog days of summer are upon us in North America, and this year for the mining industry the biggest dogs are gold and copper — the two leading precious…