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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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The US$8.5 billion critical minerals deal signed between Australia and the United States this week has placed the spotlight on how much value the Trump Administration places on securing access to these resources in its strategic contest with China. This concern has…
In May 2025, the China Global South Initiative (CGSi), a collaboration between the Keough School of Global Affairs and the Atlantic Council Global China Hub, convened a group of twenty-two African environmental experts at the Peduase Valley Resort in Ghana…
For more than two decades, Ross Orr has been challenging one of mining’s most prominent paradoxes: The Sustainability Paradox, which often asks the question: Can extracting the Earth’s resources ever truly be sustainable? But his company, BacTech Environmental, believes that the answer…
Indonesia’s mineral riches continue to clash with its green goals. A new law has been passed to regulate mining and protect the environment and local communities, but its enforcement remains weak. On Indonesia’s Buru Island, eucalyptus farmer Mahani switched professions and…
Beijing’s new restrictions on rare-earth materials ignited a political and economic firestorm. But the latest trade rift generated a surprising upshot: an American company jumping into the rare earths mining business. Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), the Ohio-based steel company, is already exploring…
Standing atop Nipissing Hill Lookout, the history of the surrounding town of Cobalt, Ont. is in full view. There’s the town itself, Cobalt Lake and the decades-old remains of legacy mine infrastructure such as headframes and wooden mills. Look further…
Orion Resource Partners LP (“Orion”), a leading global investment firm specializing in metals and materials, today announces the formation of the Orion Critical Mineral Consortium (“Orion CMC” or the “Consortium”). Orion CMC is a new, mission-driven consortium designed to support the…
MELBOURNE (Reuters) -The U.S. and China are battling to project power as they compete to secure critical minerals supply, the new chair of BHP said on Thursday, downplaying any potential for the global miner to be caught between its top customer and…