New Zealand is holding up its fast-track and “one-stop shop” legislation as ways to streamline project approvals and reinvigorate the economy, resources minister Shane Jones says. The new processes are…
Wyloo Metals Canada’s approach to its Eagle’s Nest critical minerals project in northern Ontario’s Ring of Fire region aims to align green energy transition goals with the mine’s design, CEO…
Leveraging a US$10 billion investment to build its Jansen potash mine in Saskatchewan, BHP (NYSE, LSE, ASX: BHP) is targeting 4.3 million tonnes of production by next year, says project…
The odds of Latin America’s three lithium powers banding together to form a production cartel have almost evaporated due to contrasting economic models, a leading geopolitical analyst says. Argentina, Chile…
A new study led by Britain’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has revealed that the effects of a deep-sea mining experiment in the Pacific Ocean more than four decades ago are…
Northern Dynasty’s shares jumped 32% on hopes Trump’s order could fast-track the Pebble project in Alaska.
Canadian opposition leader Pierre Poilievre says he would give federal approval for the contentious Ring of Fire development in northern Ontario within months if he takes power after an imminent…
Barrick Gold (NYSE: GOLD; TSX: ABX) has been hit with a $114,750 fine for its repeated, excessive discharge of toxic materials from the now-decommissioned Nickel Plate gold mine near Hedley,…
Arbitration proceedings between royalty and streaming company Franco-Nevada (TSX, NYSE: FNV) and Panama over the reopening of the $10-billion (C$14.5-billion) Cobre Panama copper mine are moving forward after a tribunal…
Activist investor Palliser Capital is urging the chair of Rio Tinto (NYSE, ASX, LSE: RIO), the world’s second largest miner, to abandon its primary London listing and unify its corporate…
Rich mineral deposits must be accessible before they can be properly developed. In some cases that means building large-scale and expensive road and power networks across the vastness of Canada….
Canada’s major political parties have all tabled plans to chop the carbon tax but there’s been little discussion on reforming the emissions levies applied to industry, which has fomented uncertainty…