Canada is closer to signing a free trade deal with Peru, an agreement that would open up more South American export opportunities for the country’s mining suppliers. Peru is already a strong trade and mining partner with Canada, but Canadian mining companies should find doing business in Peru easier once Canada’s proposed free trade agreement (FTA) [...]

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Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama said last week that he does not support Mining Law reform legislation recently approved by the House of Representatives and expressed his desire to work on compromise legislation that provides economic certainty for domestic mineral producers and prevents the export of American jobs and industries.

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The DRC Ministry of Mines today noted “the recent speculation concerning the outcome of the Licence Review Commission. The speculation is not based on any official document, but on a leak of an early draft from within the Commission. The government deplores the leaking of this draft and the uncertainty that it has understandably created.”

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National Mining Association (NMA) President and CEO Kraig R. Naasz made the following comments after the House Natural Resources Committee today approved a bill (H.R. 2262) that would amend the nation’s General Mining Law: “Despite progress made by Chairman Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) and the House Natural Resources Committee to update the General Mining Law, the [...]

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Responsible mining is capable of creating general economic welfare for its host communities in Africa which could long survive the mines themselves, says Randgold Resources chief executive Mark Bristow. Speaking at a media briefing on Monday, Bristow said the utilisation of natural resources was often the best and sometimes the only way of alleviating the [...]

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