“In an unprecedented turn of events, only 14% of mining executives now hold a bearish outlook as to the overall strength of the industry over the next 6-12 months,” reported Mining Recruitment Group’s Mining Executive Outlook, Q3 2014 Monday. “This is down remarkably from the 64% of executives who held the same view at this point of last year and the 52% who were bearish as of Q4 13.”

Vancouver-based MRG’s survey, which was distributed the week of June 9th and completed by 232 mining leaders, found, “Not only are executives not nearly as bearish any more, the pendulum in now swinging in a big way in the other direction with 35% of respondents now holding a bullish outlook for the next 12 months.”