Ontario’s $11B in tariff aid defers mining tax
Ontario plans to provide about $11 billion in relief to workers and businesses to help weather the impact of U.S. tariffs. The support package includes deferring business taxes, including the mining…
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Spotlight: Latin America projects to watch
Latin America is well-known for its long mining history and rich mineral endowment. In this first half of the Spotlight, we highlight four companies with exciting assets to watch. Appia…
Batteries enter high demand, low price phase: IEA
The global battery market is entering a new stage as demand continues to rise while prices of raw materials decline, the International Energy Agency says in a report on the…
China’s foreign mining investment sets record
China’s overseas mining investment under its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) hit another peak last year at $21.4 billion (C$30.6 billion), as the government continues to place heavy emphasis on…
The Metals Co. says it may defy UN
The Metals Company (NASDAQ: TMC) is threatening to bypass United Nations deep-sea mining regulations unless the UN’s International Seabed Authority (ISA) speeds up its rule-modernization process. TMC has invested more…
EU selects 47 strategic critical minerals projects
The European Union has published its first list of strategic projects strengthening the local extraction, processing and recycling of 14 of the 17 materials it deems critical for its energy transition and…
Talon rises on Minnesota massive sulphide discovery
Talon Metals (TSX: TLO) has made a massive sulphide discovery at its Tamarack project in central Minnesota that it says could significantly extend its nickel-copper-cobalt resource. Its shares surged. The company…
Deep-sea mining scars last decades, but life returns
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…
Poilievre vows 6-month Ring of Fire OK
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…
Tariffs, uncertainty, driving nations to tighten grip on critical minerals
Verisk Maplecroft’s Resource Nationalism Index shows a record risk increase in 47 countries since 2020.
Trump keen to build metals plants on US bases: Reuters
U.S. President Donald Trump is looking to build metals refining facilities on military bases in a bid to increase domestic production of critical minerals, Reuters reported, citing two unidentified senior…
US-backed TechMet eyes Ukraine lithium asset
Mining investment firm TechMet, which counts the U.S. government as one of its largest investors, is looking to develop a major lithium project in central Ukraine. The company has been…