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Managing Mine Contracts – Snowden

The principles behind successful drafting and management of mining industry contracts This 2-day course focuses on setting up and managing mining contracts. You will learn how to establish a profitable and realistic relationship with a contractor, and ...

Mining execs’ pay jumps as industry rebounds

This is one of those “good problems” you hear about from time to time in business. After weathering the punishing collapse in demand for commodities that began in 2008 and dragged on for more than two years, the mining industry has bounced back over the past year and is once again posting very strong gains.

Malaga makes headway in the Andes

Before Montreal-based Malaga Inc. (MLG-T, MLGAF-O) took over the Pasto Bueno mine in 2005, private owners in Peru had turned out nearly six million tonnes of tungsten--or 42,000 tonnes of tungsten concentrate--from just five veins they had...

New Gold goes all-in at Blackwater

Vancouver - New Gold (NGD-T, NGD-N) has put pen to paper with two B.C.-focused junior gold explorers holding land near the company's most recent acquisition, the Blackwater gold-silver project, located 150 km southwest of Prince George.

Merrex Gold thinks big in Mali

The much maligned junior gold mining sector enjoyed a rare respite on Wednesday, but while most juniors moved up, Merrex Gold (MXI-V) was one of the most favored of them all. The company, whose Siribaya gold project in western Mali... [ Full Story ]