President Dilma Rousseff’s administration is finalising a draft proposal for a new regulatory framework for the mining sector. The resulting code is expected to establish a new regulatory agency, set deadlines for exploration permits and raise royalties.Miners’ associations such as the Brazilian Mining Institute (IBRAM) have ...
Carsten Korch is a perfect example of the trope about immigrants being more patriotic than the native born.The expat Dane almost didn’t set foot in Peruvian soil, his first trip to the country being a spur-of- the-moment decision made the night before the flight that would have ...
Cotabambas project
With a significant portfolio of properties located primarily in the south-central region of Peru, Panoro Minerals is in an excellent neighborhood, and with the newly-released resource estimate from their Cotabambas project pointing to the potential for a large scale mine, the Peruvian company is set for ...
With a significant portfolio of properties located primarily in the south-central region of Peru, Panoro Minerals is in an excellent neighborhood, and with the newly-released resource estimate from their Cotabambas project pointing to the potential for a large scale mine, the Peruvian company is set for ...
Colombia’s turning point
Colombia Crest Gold is drilling and exploring for gold at its Arabia target to prove up the region’s potential for a large resource. Late last year, Colombia Crest (TSXV: CLB) got a big vote of confidence when Toronto-based Iamgold picked up a 14 per cent stake in ...
Colombia Crest Gold is drilling and exploring for gold at its Arabia target to prove up the region’s potential for a large resource. Late last year, Colombia Crest (TSXV: CLB) got a big vote of confidence when Toronto-based Iamgold picked up a 14 per cent stake in ...
A risk management perspective of Argentina’s nationalisation of resources
Repsol’s forced divestment of its YPF subsidiary by the Argentine government is a perfect example of the kinds of factors which lead to forced nationalisation, writes Jorge Vrljicak, Buenos Aires-based analyst for Westside Consultants. YPF’s forced nationalisation is a backlash against its 1992 privatisation because the ...
Repsol’s forced divestment of its YPF subsidiary by the Argentine government is a perfect example of the kinds of factors which lead to forced nationalisation, writes Jorge Vrljicak, Buenos Aires-based analyst for Westside Consultants. YPF’s forced nationalisation is a backlash against its 1992 privatisation because the ...
Strike when iron is hot
Hot on the heels of signing agreements with the Bahia state government, Cabral Resources has begun a maiden resource drilling programme at its Brazilian magnetite tenements.Cabral Resources’ initial assessment at its tenement portfolio in the central eastern coastal Bahia state in Brazil indicate a potential target ...
Hot on the heels of signing agreements with the Bahia state government, Cabral Resources has begun a maiden resource drilling programme at its Brazilian magnetite tenements.Cabral Resources’ initial assessment at its tenement portfolio in the central eastern coastal Bahia state in Brazil indicate a potential target ...
Agro-mineral focus
The United Nations projects a rapid continuous increase in population to more than 9 billion by 2050, having tripled in the past 70 years. The outlook for food production to keep up with this growth looks grim and wouldn’t be possible without the assistance of agro-minerals. This ...
The United Nations projects a rapid continuous increase in population to more than 9 billion by 2050, having tripled in the past 70 years. The outlook for food production to keep up with this growth looks grim and wouldn’t be possible without the assistance of agro-minerals. This ...
Pinestar Gold to acquire Australian graphite projects
Pinestar Gold Inc., the exploration company that has garnered a great deal of attention from its peers for its mineral properties in Chile has recently turned its sights down under, with an option to acquire graphite projects in Australia.On the strength of the company’s ...
Pinestar Gold Inc., the exploration company that has garnered a great deal of attention from its peers for its mineral properties in Chile has recently turned its sights down under, with an option to acquire graphite projects in Australia.On the strength of the company’s ...
Brazil has long-graced the highest echelons of nations active in ethanol and biodiesel, and an inherent part of its latter day growth story has been Petrobras Biocombustível S.A; a unit founded in mid-2008 by Brazilian multinational energy giant Petrobras. Lead by chief executive officer Miguel Rossetto, Brazil’s former Minister ...
IMCA to address Macondo-sized learning curves at its Safety & Environment Seminar in Rio de Janeiro, South America
Hugh Williams, chief executive of The International Marine Contractors Association (“IMCA”), talks asset threatening events, IMCA’s imminent safety seminar in Brazil, and fostering international industry-wide “collaboration and consolidation”. The International Marine Contractors Association (“IMCA”) has always assisted members active in South America’s growing offshore, marine and underwater engineering industries, ...
Hugh Williams, chief executive of The International Marine Contractors Association (“IMCA”), talks asset threatening events, IMCA’s imminent safety seminar in Brazil, and fostering international industry-wide “collaboration and consolidation”. The International Marine Contractors Association (“IMCA”) has always assisted members active in South America’s growing offshore, marine and underwater engineering industries, ...
