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The company behind a $2 billion mining project for table salt and the mineral potash…
Ghana’s Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, during a visit to the…
When two Oglala Lakota scouts heard drilling was expected to begin on Pe’ Sla, the…
Australia’s Yindjibarndi Indigenous group said on Wednesday it had lodged an appeal with the federal…
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Lithium prices in China fell sharply on Friday, short-circuiting a rally, after the main exchange stepped in to curb speculative trading and on a report that battery giant CATL could restart production at its flagship lithium mine. The most-active lithium carbonate contract…
The US Defense Department will reissue an updated tender for up to $500 million worth of cobalt by end-November 2025, with an award expected in early February 2026, according to Argus News. The Defense Logistics Agency first sought offers in mid-August…
The global competition for critical minerals has reached the least glamorous part of the metallic supply chain. Aluminum scrap may not be most people’s idea of “a strategic commodity” but that’s exactly what it is, according to EU trade chief…
Sand Lake brings copper-rich target, logistical advantages to Roma. Blue Star Gold Corp. Nov. 20 announced an expansion of its Roma project to incorporate the Sand Lake prospect, adding a block in the northern part of the project that includes…
Company working on mitigation measures to limit risk to caribou, says vice-president of environment As the race for rare earth elements accelerates in Canada, one Nova Scotia activist is warning about the environmental risks of rare earth mining — especially…
Last year, environmentalists criticized the Biden Administration for approving a large oil drilling project on public land in the Alaskan Arctic called the Willow project. However, a similar petroleum project has drawn little attention. About 30 miles east of Willow,…
The Trump administration on Thursday finalized its rollback of Biden-era limits on oil and gas drilling in an Alaska area that is the nation’s largest tract of undisturbed public land. The move is consistent with President Donald Trump’s goal to reduce…
Ghana will abolish value-added tax on mineral exploration and reconnaissance to boost investment in its mining sector, its finance minister said, as Africa’s top bullion producer seeks to reverse over two decades of sluggish new development. Ghana, which has been…