Mining's Main Event Shows Good Times Are Back—Just Not for All

  • More than 25,000 attend Toronto’s PDAC from 125 countries
  • Capital for juniors still tight; seniors seen poised for M&A
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If attendance at the world’s biggest mining conference is any indication, the industry has all but fully recovered from a painful downturn -- although capital is still tight, especially for juniors.

More than 25,000 mining executives, investors, prospectors, government officials and analysts from 125 countries poured into this year’s PDAC conference in Toronto, the most in five years.