Sahel faces widening security threats, analysts say
Despite military governments across West Africa, the region’s security situation is worsening as insurgents flush with kidnapping ransoms and illegal mining profits threaten fuel supplies…
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Canadians support mining despite Nimbyism: Survey
Canadians broadly support mining’s role in the energy transition but remain wary of new projects in their own regions, according to new national polling that…
Mine explosion in Australia kills two
Two workers were killed and another injured in an explosion on Tuesday at a mine in Australia being readied for reopening, the local industry’s first…
Colombia deals new blow to contentious $1.4B AngloGold copper project
Colombia’s National Mining Agency (ANM) has rejected AngloGold Ashanti’s (JSE: ANG; NYSE: AU; ASX: AGG) request to suspend its contractual obligations for the stalled $1.4-billion…
Appian, World Bank unit start $1B critical minerals fund
U.K. private-equity firm Appian Capital Advisory is teaming up with the World Bank-owned International Finance Corporation (IFC) to start a $1-billion critical minerals, metals and…
Copper Mark to unify ESG standards for metal producers
Sustainability organization Copper Mark is moving to develop a single mining standard across various metal supply chains and form a new board with wider representation….
Over 25% of copper supply facing ESG hurdles: study
About 6.4 million tonnes of copper production capacity, equal to more than one-quarter of global mine output, are stalled or suspended due to environmental, social,…
Glencore, Amrize win BC reclamation awards
Glencore’s (LSE: GLEN) Canadian coal unit, Elk Valley Resources, and building materials company Amrize (NYSE: AMRZ) led the honours at the 48th British Columbia mine…
Mining profits face nature-related threats: Barclays
Mining companies could see earnings drop by as much as 25% over five years due to nature degradation, Barclays said in a new report. The…
Freeport sinks after Grasberg workers trapped
Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) shares sank Tuesday after the company suspended operations at its Grasberg Block Cave underground mine in Indonesia, where a surge of wet…
Rio to buy carbon credits with Caisse backing
Canada’s second-largest pension fund and Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corp. (CEFC) are investing in a carbon credits platform helping Rio Tinto (NYSE, LSE, ASX: RIO)…
The Metals Co. posts first deep-sea resource
The Metals Company (Nasdaq: TMC) has released a prefeasibility study and a resource — the first of its kind — for its seabed mining plans…