BEIJING, Dec 12 (Reuters) – The world’s largest steel producer, China, plans to roll out a license system from 2026 to regulate exports of the metal, as robust shipments have fueled a growing protectionist backlash worldwide. Exporters of some 300…

Ambler Access Road, approved by Trump administration, designed to reach massive copper deposits Ice blocks drift past Tristen Pattee’s boat as he scans the banks of Northwest Alaska’s Kobuk River for caribou. His great uncle Ernest steadies a rifle on…

THE U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has extended the public comment period on the request for information and indications of interest for a potential minerals lease sale offshore the CNMI. BOEM stated on its website…

In Canada: The Essipit Innu First Nation says it won’t allow mining exploration in a protected area on its territory. On Dec. 9, the leadership announced in a press release that it wants developers to stay out of the Essipiunnu-Meshkanau Protected Area,…

Across the United States, piles of gray rock sit beside giant open pits. These leftovers from mining look useless, yet they are loaded with metals that modern technology depends on. A new study finds that just one year of U.S.…

Machines mining minerals in the deep ocean have been found to cause significant damage to life on the seabed, scientists carrying out the largest study of its kind say. The number of animals found in the tracks of the vehicles…

A multi-billion-dollar gold project owned by the world’s biggest bullion producer has been invaded by illegal diggers in northern Peru, according to a top government official. Newmont Corp.’s stalled Minas Conga project in the Cajamarca region “is being partially exploited…

According to participants at the Rebuilding Ukraine Forum held in Bucharest, leveraging Ukraine’s existing resource potential and enhancing its competitiveness within the global market requires an update of legislation governing critical minerals. Experts emphasized that, in the absence of transparent…