Sweden lifts uranium ban
Sweden’s parliament on Wednesday voted to repeal a 2018 moratorium on uranium mining, clearing the way for exploration and mining from Jan. 1. The move by Sweden’s unicameral national parliament,…
Regulatory Issues
Blue Gold secures $140M to restart Ghana gold mine
Shares of Blue Gold (Nasdaq: BGL) jumped as much as 9.6% Wednesday after the junior miner announced it had secured an additional $65 million in funding to restart the Bogoso…
Canadian federal budget promises billions for mining
Canada’s Liberal government plans to form a $2-billion sovereign fund for critical minerals, earmark hundreds of millions in mining industry spending and widen exploration tax credits to a dozen other…
Critical Metals gets enviro OK for Tanbreez rare earths project in Greenland
U.S.-based rare earth developer Critical Metals (Nasdaq: CRML) has moved another step closer to the start of mining at its Tanbreez project in southern Greenland after securing key environmental approvals…
Kore Potash weighs sale to advance Congo mine
Kore began a formal sale process after announcing in June it was seeking a potash-savvy operator and partner.
Coeur Mining buys New Gold for $7B
Coeur Mining (NYSE: CDE) is acquiring Canada’s New Gold (TSX: NGD) in an all-stock deal valued at about $7 billion, creating a new North American mining heavyweight amid record gold…
Anglo Asian inks copper contract with Trafigura
Anglo Asian Mining (LSE: AAZ) has contracted to sell concentrates produced at its newly started Demirli copper mine to global commodities trader Trafigura. The sales contract includes a revolving prepayment…
Q&A with SRK: Turning pressure into practical solutions
How mining manages its waste will shape how the world judges its future. Tailings and water management aren’t just technical hurdles – they’re social, environmental and financial tests that define…
Fresnillo enters Canada with $780M Probe Gold buy
Mexican precious metals miner Fresnillo (LSE: FRES) is acquiring Canada’s Probe Gold (TSX: PRB) for $780 million (US$556 million) in cash, marking the company’s first entry into North America. Fresnillo…
Idaho bets on schools, speedy approvals to renew mining
BOISE, Idaho – Access to local skilled labour is now the choke point to building new mines, Idaho’s mining leaders told the Idaho Mining Conference this week in Boise. The…
China to suspend new REE export controls for 1 year
China agreed to suspend a planned expansion of export controls on rare earth elements (REE) for a year after U.S. President Donald Trump struck a broad trade deal with his…
Ontario fast-tracks Frontier Lithium’s PAK
Frontier Lithium’s (TSXV: FL; US-OTC: LITOF) $943-million capex PAK project is Ontario’s first entry in a program to approve mines in two years. Provincial Energy and Mines Minister Stephen Lecce…