Former high-ranking Quebec politician Nathalie Normandeau was arrested by the province’s anti-corruption squad in mid-March — the first former natural resources minister in Canada to face arrest in recent memory….
Well, it wasn’t quite what was billed in the Canadian federal election last October: the first budget tabled by Justin Trudeau’s new government goes easy on the promised infrastructure spending…
As the year unfolds, there has naturally been much focus on the newly resurgent price of gold. But the underlying supply numbers are equally as enticing and suggest the long…
Even if it’s only temporary, it always improves the mood of delegates when metal prices rally right before and during a mining convention. And that was certainly the case at…
The sage investing advice to “buy low and sell high” is a simple concept, but exceedingly hard to pull off in real life over and over again. Our Mining Person…
It was the last, biggest and most vocal defender in the mining industry of maintaining the status quo with respect to its generous dividend policy, but BHP Billiton has finally succumbed to industry-wide trends and deeply cut its dividend, and…
One of the themes already emerging for 2016 is the oxymoron of “negative interest rates.” And if you’re a gold bug who’s been loving the low interest rates of recent years, you’re over the moon about this…
With the new federal government having vowed in its election platform to improve the lives of Aboriginal Canadians and spend tens of billions on infrastructure projects to offset the economic downturn, it’s a perfect time for aboriginal…
In mid-January, The Northern Miner was once again privileged to host the latest in our popular series of Roundtable discussions featuring a who’s who of mining leaders in Canada. Held in downtown Toronto and sponsored by accounting…
We’ve had another momentous week in the commodity markets, with oil prices dropping to 13-year lows below US$30 per barrel, copper sliding under US$2 per lb., the Canadian dollar dipping under US70¢ and world stock markets hobbling…
The deep convulsions in the ailing U.S. coal-mining sector are continuing unabated into the new year, with America’s second-largest coal miner, Arch Coal, seeking bankruptcy protection on Jan. 11.
Those returning to work on Jan. 4 with a bit of optimism for the mining industry after a brutal 2015 were hit with a sick feeling in the stomach as global markets dove on the first day of trading in the new year, in defiance of the usual…
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