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1. Annual Survey of Mining Companies, 2020

   This report presents the results of the Fraser Institute’s 2020 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 ...

2. Natural Resource Regulation in Alberta

   Alberta’s economy has been sorely afflicted in recent years. A major factor in that affliction was, of course, the slump in world oil prices which began their plummet in 2014. Limited pipeline capacity, which leads to Canadian oil producers getting a ...

3. Annual Survey of Mining Companies: 2017

   This report presents the results of the Fraser Institute’s 2017 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 ...

4. Annual Survey of Mining Companies: 2016

   This report 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 ...

5. Annual Survey of Mining Companies: 2015

   This report presents the results of the Fraser Institute’s 2015 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 ...

6. Mining and Aboriginal Rights in Yukon: How Certainty Affects Investor Confidence

   Legal uncertainty is a topic often raised in discussing unresolved Aboriginal land claims, such as those in British Columbia. Mining and Aboriginal Rights in Yukon examines legal uncertainty on Aboriginal rights in a different way, and in an under ...

7. Fraser Institute Annual Survey of Mining Companies: 2014

   Since 1997, the Fraser Institute has conducted an annual survey of mining and exploration companies to assess how mineral endowments and public policy factors such as taxation and regulation affect exploration investment. Survey results now represent the ...

8. Annual Survey of Mining Companies 2013

   Since 1997, the Fraser Institute has conducted an annual survey of mining and exploration companies to assess how mineral endowments and public policy factors such as taxation and regulation affect exploration investment. Survey results now represent the ...

9. Quebec's Mining Policy Performance: Greater Uncertainty and Lost Advantage

   Mining exploration and extraction contributes to Quebec's economy and creates high paying employment in remote and rural areas. It supports jobs in ore processing and contributes significantly to Quebec's domestic exports. Yet this sector is ...

10. British Columbia's Mining Policy Performance

    British Columbia?s mining industry is cyclical and responsive to global market forces, but policy remains an important factor in maximizing the benefits of mining. Part 1 reviews the recent history of mining in BC and examines the linkages between policy ...