Saudi Arabia leaps from 104th to 23rd globally in the Mining Investment Attractiveness Index

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, August 12, 2025 – Saudi Arabia’s mining sector has achieved an unprecedented global milestone, jumping from 104th place in […]

Fraser Institute | August 14, 2025 | 11:35 am

Fraser Institute launches new Economic Freedom website

The site offers a wide array of new features including an an interactive world map and customized graphing and data downloads which will make it significantly easier for people to analyze and share economic freedom data.

Fraser Institute | January 25, 2017 | 9:16 am

Energy conservation programs in Ontario may cost much more than they’re worth

Ontario taxpayers and ratepayers have doled out billions of dollars in energy conservation subsidies over the decades with no verifiable evidence that conservation programs actually save consumers money, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute

Fraser Institute | April 5, 2016 | 11:20 am

Unprecedented aboriginal title court decision exposes private parties to litigation previously only brought against governments

An unprecedented Supreme Court decision, allowing two B.C. First Nations to file for damages against aluminum industry giant Rio Tinto, could have dire implications for economic development projects across the country, concludes a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank.

Fraser Institute | November 17, 2015 | 12:19 am

Quebec is Canada’s worst region for oil investment; Alberta, the world’s best

Vancouver-based Fraser Institute’s annual Global Petroleum Survey 2014 is out.

Fraser Institute | November 20, 2014 | 6:32 pm

Providing First Nations with mineral rights may help ease uncertainty over Canadian mining development

Canada could improve its attractiveness for mining investment by allowing private ownership of mineral rights, a study shows.

Fraser Institute | May 1, 2014 | 1:55 pm

Afghanistan’s rare earth element bonanza

It's also the “Saudi Arabia of lithium."

Fraser Institute | January 15, 2014 | 10:40 pm

With latest comments on Keystone XL, Obama favouring environment over economy

By repeating what now seems to be the official litmus test for Keystone XL approval, President Obama has cast further doubt on Keystone XL approval.

Fraser Institute | September 11, 2013 | 5:24 pm

Why investors aren’t biting on a BC oil refinery

Compared to gains that can be had from new oil production, expected gains from new refineries are scant these days.

Fraser Institute | June 28, 2013 | 7:50 pm

Anti-business policies hurting corporate Montreal

Of Canada’s top 500 companies measured by gross revenue, 96 were located in Montreal in 1990. By 2011 (the latest year of available data), there were 75—a decline of 21.9 per cent.

Fraser Institute | February 23, 2013 | 8:07 pm

Peru’s social conflict is about more than mining

Since the mid-1990s, peru's mining sector has had remarkable growth. This followed structural reforms, including the privatization of mines, which resulted in significant foreign investment.

Fraser Institute | September 11, 2012 | 5:36 pm

Manitoba ranked as best Canadian jurisdiction for oil and gas investment followed by Saskatchewan and Alberta in new global survey

Manitoba is the best place in Canada for oil and gas investment, based on the opinions of petroleum executives and managers who participated in the annual Global Petroleum Surveyreleased today by the Fraser Institute, Canada’s leading public policy think-tank.

Fraser Institute | June 27, 2012 | 4:38 am

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