Coal Junior Fortune Minerals Finds Out the Hard Way, Resource Nationalism...
Junior miner Fortune Minerals was served a, “24 hour eviction notice” on Thursday by Tahltan Central Council who are opposed to an open pit coal mine in northwestern British Columbia. The TCC claims...
View ArticleSahara Jihadist Groups Merge, Threaten French Uranium Interests in Niger & Mali
Sahara Jihadist Groups Merge, Threaten French Uranium Interests in Niger Kissima Diagana and John Irish, Reuters, Aug 22 Two Islamist groups that broke away from al Qaeda’s North African wing and...
View ArticleGold Mine CEOs Hoard Cash as Strikes Loom in South Africa
Gold Mine CEOs Hoard Cash as Strikes Loom in South Africa By Kevin Crowley & Andre Janse van Vuuren – Aug 30, 2013 South Africa’s four biggest gold producers are hoarding cash and lining up access...
View ArticleDRC Wants 15% Stake of New Mines in Revised Mining Code
DRC Wants 15% Stake of New Mines in Revised Mining Code The country plans to raise its free stake in new mining projects to 15%, says the VP of the commission revising the mining code. Michael J....
View ArticleCanadian Miners Should Learn From Gabriel’s Missteps- Globe and Mail
[The Globe and Mail, October 18, 2013] After almost two decades of false starts and a running battle with some of the savviest environmental groups on the planet, it’s make-or-break time for Europe’s...
View ArticleBarrick Gold Temporarily Suspends All Activity at Pascua-Lama Project
Canadian Barrick Gold Corp. said Thursday it is temporarily suspending all construction activity at its controversial $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project straddling the Chile-Argentina border. Delivering...
View ArticleRomanian Parliament Rejects Revisions to Mining Rules That Would’ve Helped...
The Romanian Parliament rejected Tuesday revisions to general mining rules that would’ve helped the development of key projects, including Gabriel Resources (TSX: GBU) Rosia Montana gold mine, Europe’s...
View Article2 More Examples of Resource Nationalism in the Gold Sector, 1 a Shocker…
ITEM # 1: Just one month after reclaiming its environmental permit, Goldcorp’s $3.9 billion El Morro gold and copper mine is being challenged once again. Chile’s Supreme Court has preventively frozen...
View ArticleDominican Republic Throws Up Roadblocks For Barrick and Goldcorp
By Ezra Fieser- Reuters December 22, 2013 COTUI, Dominican Republic, Dec 22 (Reuters) – Little more than a decade ago, one of the world’s largest known gold deposits sat abandoned in the foothills of...
View ArticleDeadly Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo Threatens Copper Supply
At least 26 people were killed Tuesday in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as Congolese soldiers tried containing a rebels’ attack to the city of Lubumbashi, located in the copper-rich southeast...
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