Minenbranche: Bedeutung der Sozialen Verantwortung nimmt weiter zu

Dazu ein aktueller Artikel von Mineweb im Rahmen der PDAC 2014:

Miners reaping the reputational whirlwind

The question of corporate social responsibility is increasingly rising to the fore and was a subject of some debate at PDAC. 

Author: Geoff Candy, Posted: Tuesday , 04 Mar 2014  -Toronto (Mineweb) -  

One of the overwhelming themes that has echoed throughout many of the presentations at this year’s Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada conference has been the recognition that a social licence to operate is becoming non-negotiable, if you want to get a mine into production, especially as many of the new discoveries are being found in increasingly remote areas..

Link: http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/content/en/mineweb-sustainable-mining?oid=231391&sn=Detail

Ned Goodman sieht Gold-Standard in China kommen

Neue Insights von der PDAC 2014, auf der auch der legendäre Investor und Milliardär Ned Goodman einen Vortrag hatte. Goodman bleibt sehr bullisch für das gelbe Metall und die Goldminen-Branche:

‘Buying opportunity of a generation ahead for gold,’ Dundee’s Ned Goodman

David Pett | March 3, 2014 5:54 PM ET- More from David Pett | @DavidPett1

The period ahead may be the buying opportunity of a generation for gold and commodity investors, but won’t be nearly as kind to those trading more broadly in equity markets, says Ned Goodman, president and chief executive of Dundee Corp...

Link: http://business.financialpost.com/2014/03/03/buying-opportunity-of-a-generation-ahead-for-gold-dundees-ned-goodman/

Kolumbische Minen-Branche buhlt in Kanada um neue Investoren

Dazu ein aktueller Beitrag auf Stockhouse:

Colombia reaches out to Canada for more mining investment

Link: http://www.stockhouse.com/news/natural-resources/2014/03/03/colombia-reaches-out-to-canada-for-more-mining-investment

PDAC 2014: Schweden Top-Mining Land, Kirgistan fällt auf letzten Rang

Wie immer müssen die Rankings mit Vorsicht betrachtet werden, denn jedes Land hat zahlreiche, verschiedene Regionen, die hinsichtlich des Mining-Potentials stark voneinander abweichen können, bspw. Argentinien, Kolumbien etc.

PDAC 2014: Sweden named top mining jurisdiction, while Kyrgyzstan called worst

Peter Koven | March 3, 2014 9:49 AM ET - More from Peter Koven

Sweden tops Fraser Institute mining survey

Sweden has unseated Finland as the best place in the world for mining investment, while former darling Quebec has plummeted right out of the top 20.

That is according to the Fraser Institute’s annual Survey of Mining Companies, which was released Monday during the PDAC conference. The Nordic countries Sweden and Finland finished first and second, largely because they are judged to have very strong political stability and infrastructure. That more than offsets their higher-than-average taxes on mining. Finland finished first last year, while Sweden was second..

Link: http://business.financialpost.com/2014/03/03/pdac-2014-mining-fraser/

Quelle: bloomberg.com