The Canadian and Global Mining Scene: Contributions, Opportunities and Challenges
Speech delivered by MAC’s Pierre Gratton to Natural Resources Canada for National Mining Week 2013 (May 15, 2013).
The Canadian and Quebec Mining Industry
Speech delivered by MAC’s Pierre Gratton to the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations on April 17, 2013.
Canada as a Mining Powerhouse
Speech delivered by MAC’s Pierre Gratton at the Saskatchewan Mining Supply Chain Forum on April 10, 2013 with the Saskatchewan Mining Association.
Canadian Mining Growth and What it Could Mean for Kamloops
Speech delivered by MAC’s Pierre Gratton to the Kamloops Exploration Group on February 21, 2013.
The Rise of China and What it Means to Canada
Speech delivered by MAC’s Pierre Gratton to the Vancouver Board of Trade on September 7, 2012.
Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance
MAC Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance on May 28, 2012 regarding Part III of Bill C-38.
Mining taxes, royalties near 2007-08 levels
The financial meltdown that began four years ago had a devastating impact both people and institutions around the globe. The effects are still being felt, for example in the shaky economies of Greece, Spain, Italy and many others. The prices of major commodities dipped, affecting the bottom lines of mining companies large and small. Now […]
Mining “supercycle” pausing, not ending: MAC president
The mining industry in Canada should continue to flourish despite global market volatility, Mining Association of Canada president Pierre Gratton told the Vancouver Board of Trade Friday. Gratton said the mining sector is expected to invest $140 billion in Canada over the next five years to 10 years. Roughly $30 billion of that will be […]
Miners need better rail freight deal
The rail and mining industries have a dependent relationship. Without rail freight service, mining companies would be challenged to operate since Canada’s vast geography doesn’t exactly make delivering products to ports and smelters easy. And without the mining industry, the railways would lose their biggest client.
Kamloops seen as mining capital of West
Kamloops has the potential to become the hub of mining industry for Western Canada, the president of the Mining Association of Canada said Thursday. Pierre Gratton said with Highland Valley Copper, New Gold’s New Afton mine and the proposed KGHM-Ajax project, “you’ll become the hub many want to turn to.
