Mining Leaders

A special commission is pushing to delay voting on Brazil's new mining framework.

Brazilian congress lobbies to delay voting on new mining framework - BNamericas After four years in the making, Brazil's new mining framework bills, as presented on June 18 by President Dilma Rousseff and mines and energy (MME) minister Edi

Sprott Global's Rick Rule gives us the lowdown on Mexico's mining industry, global mining financing challenges, and a critique of the junior mining sector.

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Here's a sneak preview of our forthcoming 2013 West Africa book, launching June 12. http://goo.gl/vZIkX

Rick Rule, of Sprott Global Resource Investments, shares a word with Charlotte, our executive director, at last week's Metals & Minerals Conference in New York.

“People ask me how I get my head around West African compared to South African risk. I say it’s very easy: First, people actually want us here. Second, they understand the importance of foreign investment and the rule of law” - Mark Bristow, CEO of Randgold Resources.

Read the full interview from our forthcoming West Africa book here: http://bit.ly/12Ttj76