Archives: Mining industry recognition

  Roque Benavides, President of Cía. de Minas Buenaventura, presented a keynote address at the PDAC’s opening session last week, entitled What Drives Success in Our Industry? Benavides outlined several initiatives that have helped the 64-year-old Peruvian precious metals producer adapt to change and succeed. One of the main things for Buenaventura is staying a[…]

It was very interesting and great fun for me (John Chadwick) to be a judge of the Move Mining competition at the SME Annual Conference last week. We judges were tasked with considering the industry’s public image at this stage in the cycle, and five ideas to improve that image. Congratulations to SME for organising[…]

The Annual Survey of Mining Companies: 2016 presents the results of the Fraser Institute’s 2016 annual survey of mining and exploration companies. The survey is an attempt to assess how mineral endowments and public policy factors such as taxation and regulatory uncertainty affect exploration investment. The survey was circulated electronically to approximately 2,700 individuals between[…]

Anyone wishing to see the pictures from last week’s great event at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver, please go to http://www.im-halloffame.com/2015-2016-award-photos/ Nominations are sought for the next series of inductions which will take place in Denver again in February 2019.  

Goldcorp Inc and Integra Gold Corp have announced the five finalists and 11 semi-finalists for #DisruptMining, celebrating innovation in mining technology. “Selecting the five finalists and 11 semi-finalists was a difficult task for the selection committee, a testament to the number of revolutionary ideas and technologies put forth in the 153 submissions received. The sold-out[…]

The Colorado Cleantech Industries Association (CCIA) is now accepting applications for the Mining Cleantech Challenge (MCC), a market-driven showcase to be held in Denver, Colorado on April 12, 2017. On the heels of its successful Oil & Gas Cleantech Challenge, CCIA is launching the Mining Cleantech Challenge in partnership with mining leaders from across North[…]

“The Myanmar authorities must immediately halt operations at a giant copper mine co-owned by a Chinese company and the Myanmar military, which continues to be plagued by human rights abuses,” Amnesty International said in a new report. “The Letpadaung mine is operated by Wanbao Mining, a subsidiary of NORINCO, a Chinese state-owned conglomerate with interests[…]

The South African Government says it “is ready to welcome delegates and showcase the country’s competitive advantage in the areas of mining and related fields at the annual Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town.” The Indaba, to be held February 6 to 9 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), is the[…]

For the first time in years, Deloitte Global believes, “there is a mood of cautious optimism in the mining industry, with commodity prices on the rise, shallow growth returning to different end markets, and most mining companies in better cost positions than in the recent past. However, the industry is still at a pivotal point[…]

Metso Santa Ana de Bolueta Grinding Media SA, located in Vizcaya, Spain, has been the recipient of an award by the Basque Government for its contribution to the mining industry and economic development of the local community. The annual Marcelo Gangoiti Prize is presented to a company that has excelled in the promotion of growth[…]