Deals sharpen South America’s critical minerals edge
South America is moving to turn its vast mineral wealth into a coordinated production and investment hub as governments race to secure critical minerals for energy, technology and defence. Chile,…
Regulatory Issues
Sponsored Q&A: AME urges Ottawa to expand exploration tax breaks
Canada is pushing to develop more critical mineral projects, but the Association for Mineral Exploration (AME) says current tax rules leave a financing gap as discoveries move towards becoming mines….
Colombia scraps 10 mining rules to attact investors
Colombia’s new government has repealed 10 resolutions restricting natural resource exploration and extraction, accelerating President Abelardo De La Espriella’s push to revive mining investment and unlock the country’s largely untapped…
SW US mine rush collides with water limits
Washington’s push to mine more copper and lithium in the U.S. Southwest is running into a harder limit than permitting: whether projects can secure enough water to operate for decades…
China’s biggest lithium mine loses licence
Analysts nearly halve CATL’s Jianxiawo output forecast for the year as environmental hurdles delay a sustained return to production.
Sponsored video: AME urges tax fix to advance projects
A gap in Canada’s exploration tax incentives is making it harder to finance the studies needed to turn mineral discoveries into mines, the Vancouver-based Association for Mineral Exploration says in…
Sibanye OKs copper-gold projects on two continents
Sibanye-Stillwater (JSE: SSW; NYSE: SBSW) has approved its Mt Lyell copper-gold project in Tasmania and Burnstone gold project in South Africa, advancing two long-life developments as stronger metals prices boost…
Rio’s Barton joins Carney’s $1T investment drive
Prime Minister Mark Carney has named Rio Tinto (LSE, ASX, NYSE: RIO) chair Dominic Barton to lead Invest in Canada’s board as Ottawa expands the federal agency’s role in attracting…
Opinion: Battery Passport 2027 – the EU rule that reaches back to the mine
A regulation aimed at batteries is about to make demands of the people who dig up their raw materials. From Feb. 18, 2027, every battery placed on the EU market…
First Mining Gold inks First Nations agreement
First Mining Gold (TSX: FF) has signed an agreement with the First Nations of Cat Lake and Lac Seul to develop the Springpole gold project in northwestern Ontario. The deal…
Small suppliers need financial tools amid trade war, MSTA Canada says
In light of ongoing tariff escalation, the Mining Suppliers Trade Association of Canada (MSTA Canada) says the government needs to give more support to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In…
Mining stocks to soar and ‘blow your head off’: OIiver
Michael Oliver, founder of North Carolina-based Momentum Structural Analysis and a veteran market analyst, argues that the current gold and silver rally is the beginning of substantial moves higher for…