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Not only are commodity prices diving – Canadian CEO bonuses have shrunk too

CEOs are getting — on average — 31% less this year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 13, 2012 | 7:11 pm

Quebec’s first diamond mine may see delays

Canadian Stornoway’s Renard diamond project might not be ready by 2015 due to delays in the construction of the Route 167 extension from Chibougamau to the Otish Mountains.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 13, 2012 | 6:19 pm

Mining outlook for Canada’s North less promising than projected

Sinking global commodity prices have negatively impacted Canada’s North near-future mining outlook, but longer-term prospects for the industry in the three territories remain strong.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 13, 2012 | 2:00 pm

Ethics watchdog hounds Canada’s chief of staff

Canadian Barrick Gold continues to be at the centre of a local political controversy as Prime Minister Stephen Harper's chief of staff, Nigel Wright, is now the subject of a formal conflict of interest probe.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 12, 2012 | 4:17 pm

Ivanplats’s debut set to be one of Toronto’s biggest IPO’s this year

Mining junior Ivanplats has applied for listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange in what is set to be one of the largest IPO's in Canada this year.

Marc Howe | September 11, 2012 | 10:55 pm

Canadian Nordion loses three year dispute with Atomic Energy

Shares of nuclear medicine company Nordion dove close to 40%, down $3.93 at $6.53 in Toronto on Monday.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 11, 2012 | 1:10 pm

Diavik mine to axe jobs in the eve of open pit closure

Massive layoffs are expected before the end of the month at Diavik, in Canada's Northwest Territories, as the diamond mine is set to close its open-pit section.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 11, 2012 | 5:09 am

Silvercorp uses Chinese police to silence and suppress censorious short-sellers

Silvercorp Metals (TSX/NYSE:SVM) is alleged to have procured the assistance of police in arresting and silencing critics of the company who sought to profit from the short-selling of its stock.

Marc Howe | September 11, 2012 | 3:59 am

Teck confesses to a century of US river pollution

Diversified mining giant Teck Resources Ltd. (TSX:TCK.A) has confessed to polluting the upper reaches of Columbia River in Washington State for nearly a century with effluent discharge from one of its BC-situated smelters.

Marc Howe | September 11, 2012 | 3:14 am

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