April 27, 2012

Social responsibility in mining is basic risk management, not feel-good projects

Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives by mining companies operating in emerging markets in South America, Africa and Asia have become a crucial part of doing business as “above-ground risks are quickly…

April 27, 2012

Nautilus Minerals lists on OTCQX International

Canada-based Nautilus Minerals Inc. announced today that its common shares are now trading on the OTCQX International for greater access to the U.S. capital markets.

April 27, 2012

Mount Kellett demands Baja CEO quit

Mount Kellett Capital Management, a 20% shareholder in Baja Mining (TSX:BAJ), has escalated the war of words between the two companies by demanding the resignation of Baja CEO John Greenslade…

April 24, 2012

Record revenues for Teck despite lower metals prices

Teck Resources fought against lower metals prices to post record revenues for the first quarter.

April 23, 2012

Investors, directors flee Baja after Boleo costs rocket. Stock tanks 37%

Baja Mining dropped 37% on Monday on more than 15 times usual trading volumes, after announcing its Boleo copper-cobalt-zinc project in Mexico will now cost 21.5% more and that half…

April 23, 2012

Undersea mining closer to reality

"The quality of this relationship with China's largest importer of copper concentrates provides further evidence that there is considerable interest in the high grade massive sulphides being found by the…

April 18, 2012

Canada makes good on promise to streamline mining, oil and gas projects

The Canadian government followed through on last month's budget promise to streamline environmental reviews of resource projects with a plan for "responsible resource development."

April 17, 2012

IMF forecast gets more upbeat

The International Monetary Fund increased its outlook for the world's economy on Tuesday, saying it expects global GDP to expand by 3.5 per cent this year.

April 16, 2012

Yukon watershed the size of New Brunswick becomes a flashpoint between environmentalists and miners

The Toronto Star profiles Peel River in the Yukon, a growing sources of contention between miners and environrmentalists

April 15, 2012

Canada’s Harper tells Americas summit mining has ‘vast power to change the way a nation lives’

Mining contributed $50 billion to the country’s GDP in 2011, he said, and provides “well paying” jobs for more than 300,000 Canadians.