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A new mining agreement provides no benefits for Mexico and fails to address health and…
A group of monks piled into Harry Browne’s one-room cabin earlier this year for morning…
The Malawi government has suspended the mining license of a coal company for dumping mining…
Senate Republicans send Trump resolution to lift mining ban near Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Congressional Republicans have sent President Donald Trump a resolution that would lift a federal ban…
MINING
Slag from metal processing may help capture and store CO2 emissions. A new Concordia-led study…
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Kazakhstan has signed a memorandum of understanding with the US government in the field of critical minerals, the Central Asian country’s presidential press service said on Thursday. The document was signed by both Yersayin Nagaspayev, Kazakhstan’s Minister of Industry and Construction,…
Gold mining environmental impact represents one of the most significant challenges facing the extractive industries today, with consequences that extend far beyond immediate mining sites. The sector’s environmental burden stems from fundamental geological realities: gold occurs in extremely low concentrations…
PIMCO, AP3 and Legal & General are among a 120-strong group of financial institutions taking on the sustainability challenges of the mining sector, with a new 10-year roadmap. Investors with net zero targets are increasingly concerned that not enough capital…
Denmark backs Greenland graphite mine
EIFO provides E$5.2M loan to advance Amitsoq and boost EU supply chain. Amid expanding Danish investment across Greenland’s mining sector, the state-owned Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO) has approved a 5.2-million-euro ($5.6 million) loan for GreenRoc Strategic Materials…
The global critical minerals race is heating up — and rare earths stocks are skyrocketing
The emergence of critical minerals as a new arena of geopolitical competition has coincided with a dizzying rally in U.S.-listed rare earths mining stocks. Despite paring gains in recent weeks, shares of Critical Metals have advanced 241% over the last three months, while NioCorp Developments, Energy…
How the US–Japan Critical Minerals Partnership Is a Long-Overdue Step Toward Real Supply-Chain Security
The new critical minerals agreement between Japan and the US, announced on October 27, is more than yet another bilateral trade announcement; it is an acknowledgment that the clean energy transition and modern defense industries rest on fragile foundations, and that…
Ahead of APEC, Trump Signs Flurry of Bilateral Minerals Agreements on Asia Tour
On October 27, President Trump embarked on a tour of Asia ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in South Korea. Over the past week, the president has announced three new agreements with Malaysia, Thailand, and Japan to strengthen critical minerals cooperation and…
Stakeholders in the Brazilian mining sector have growing expectations regarding the approval of a bill that seeks to establish guidelines for the advancement of critical mineral projects in the country. The bill that creates the National Policy for Critical and Strategic Minerals…