Features Mining & Metals

Alejandro Beltran – Metso

Est. reading time: 5 mins

There’s something thrilling about standing at the precipice and staring into a massive open pit. So remarks Alejandro Beltran upon returning to his Toronto office after sealing a $50 million deal for his employer to sustain a mining operation in Central America. “I like to go to the mines and see our equipment at work,” […]

Camille Cleveland – Blue Nile

Est. reading time: 4 mins

Camille Cleveland knows diamonds aren’t just beautiful—they’re entangled within a complex web of local and global rules and policies. As the general counsel of Blue Nile, one of the largest online diamond and fine jewelry retailers, she needs to stay abreast of sometimes rapidly changing regulations, especially those set forth by the Office of Foreign […]

Heloisa Pereira – Imerys

Est. reading time: 4 mins

Taking maternity leave isn’t too difficult in Brazil. That’s because the Brazilian Labour Code offers special protections to pregnant employees, including 120 days of paid leave that can be extended a further 60 days if agreed on with the government. Problems arise when the new mothers try to resume their roles—only to find they’ve been […]

Tim Bradburn – IAMGOLD

Est. reading time: 4 mins

There was a time when Tim Bradburn tried to punch his weight as an amateur boxer. “That didn’t turn out so well,” he admits. “But I then discovered I liked the fight in law, and I also wanted to help build things.” That combination has helped Bradburn strike gold as the general counsel for IAMGOLD […]

Daniel Lorenzini – Sandvik

Est. reading time: 4 mins

Merely mentioning mining in some circles can conjure up collapsed tunnels and black lung disease, ever-present dangers in one of the world’s toughest occupations of hauling raw materials from the ground. But travel to Finland and hop in the cabin of the latest technological mining equipment with a coffee and you may be relaxing or […]

Carlos Castillo – Calibre Mining Corp.

Est. reading time: 5 mins

The 10-week suspension of mining in Nicaragua, part of the country’s broader efforts to combat the spread of COVID-19, wasn’t exactly a vacation for Carlos Castillo. General counsel of Calibre Mining Corp. since helping facilitate the Canadian company’s acquisition of his prior employer’s Nicaraguan assets last October, Castillo had much to do—even as the pandemic […]

Hiliary Wilson ‒ Nevada Gold Mines

Est. reading time: 4 mins

“In a cavern, in a canyon, excavating for a mine, lived a miner forty-niner and his daughter, Clementine.” Those lyrics are from the famed Western folk ballad, “My Darling, Clementine.” Like Clementine, Hiliary Wilson was introduced to gold mining by her father, who has worked as an underground miner for decades. Today, Wilson is the […]

Tronox – Jeffrey N. Neuman

Est. reading time: 7 mins

What better way to prove you can swim then diving into a turbulent set of river rapids in early April? Jeff Neuman’s first days at Tronox in April 2018 provided the legal equivalent of such opportunities. No calm lap pools in sight. Leaving Honeywell International after 16 years to take the legal reins of global […]

Javier Gomez Aguilar – Grupo México

Est. reading time: 5 mins

Grupo México, the third largest copper producer in the world, is investing billions of dollars in the three divisions, in its Mexican and Peruvian operations, and there’s a perk to growth in both countries—more than 8,000 jobs. Gomez Aguilar, as the general counsel for the infrastructure division, says the targeted investment will not only generate […]

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