Canada’s critical minerals push faces capital gap: RBC
Canada has channelled just 11% of its mining capital into critical minerals over the past 25 years, leaving the country behind global peers as demand for strategic resources accelerates, a…
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Chile’s right-wing pivot puts mining policy under microscope
Chile is entering a new political phase as a right-wing government prepares to take office, putting mining policy under renewed scrutiny in the world’s largest copper-producing country. In recent years,…
Denison’s Phoenix uranium project lands final permit
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has approved Denison Mines’ (TSX: DML) environmental assessment and other permits, opening a pathway for the company to begin construction of its Phoenix/Wheeler River…
Bolivia’s lithium gamble tests new US alignment
Bolivia’s political trajectory shifted in November when President Rodrigo Paz took office, signalling a turn towards closer ties with the United States after two decades of Socialist Party rule. Paz’s…
VRIC: Refining, not mining, is West’s security bottleneck
National security is reshaping Western mineral policy, speakers told the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference on Sunday – and the critical-minerals choke point is no longer in the ground, it’s in…
Energy Fuels buys ASM in $300M rare earths deal
Energy Fuels (NYSE: UUUU; TSX: EFR) is to acquire rare earth metals producer Australian Strategic Materials (ASX: ASM) in a share deal valued at US$299 million. Energy Fuels shares rose. …
DRC pitches copper, cobalt and more to US
The Democratic Republic of Congo has handed the United States a vetted list of mining and processing projects open to American investment, signalling Washington’s most concrete move yet to chip…
Geopolitics, tight investment to shape mining: WoodMac
Geopolitical shifts, a rewired energy transition and disciplined capital allocation will define the global metals and mining sector in 2026, according to Wood Mackenzie. “2026 will be a year of…
AI to boost copper demand 50% by 2040: S&P
A rapid and exponential growth in artificial intelligence (AI), defence spending and robotics will lift global copper demand by 50% by 2040, leaving a supply shortfall of more than 10…
How Latin American state policy affects lithium
Global market forces and domestic politics explain why Latin American countries have taken sharply different paths in governing their lithium industries, according to a new study by Korean researchers. The…
U.S. mining revival gradual not explosive: industry group
Policy reform, security risks and workforce gaps will shape whether US mining momentum turns into lasting global strength in 2026.
Chile’s weekend runoff puts copper future at stake
On Dec. 14, Chileans go to the polls to elect a new president who will govern until 2030 and shape the country’s most important economic engine: mining. Voters face a…