DRC rail line may get $1B from U.S. finance agency
The United States may offer as much as $1 billion to revamp a rail line in central Africa that could help facilitate critical minerals shipments…
Politics
London Symposium: Atlantic Canada preps for green energy transition
Canada’s Atlantic provinces are gearing up for the critical minerals push by aligning policies with the speed of industry and tapping into green energy. Due…
Norway halts deep sea mining
Norway is hitting pause on deep sea mining after the governing party reached a deal with the opposition to ensure adoption of its latest budget….
London Symposium: Artisanal mining growing in South America, Pan Am Silver exec says
Pan American Silver (TSX, NYSE: PAAS) is working with small-scale miners in Peru to help them raise production standards and sell their gold to central banks…
Anglo-Teck deal gets Canada security OK: report
Canada’s federal government has cleared Anglo American’s (LSE: AAL) proposed combination with Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A, TECK.B; NYSE: TECK) on national security grounds, The Globe…
Ontario, Marten Falls ink $39M Ring of Fire roads deal
Ontario and the Marten Falls First Nation (MFFN) reached a $39.5 million infrastructure development pact that includes the construction of an all-season road linking the…
Canada orders security review of Anglo-Teck merger
Canada has launched a national security review of the proposed merger between Anglo American (LSE: AAL) and Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A, TECK.B; NYSE: TECK), Industry…
Sahel talks spur West African Resources’ ASX return
The Australia Stock Exchange reinstated West African Resources’ (ASX: WAF) shares after the company reported progress in discussions with the Burkina Faso government, which has…
Kimberley Process stalls again on conflict diamonds
The Kimberley Process (KP) has failed for a third straight year to agree on an expanded definition of conflict diamonds after a five-day plenary in…
CEO Tristan Pascall on First Quantum’s future
The highs and lows of copper are not quite as far apart as memecoins or stonks, but in the last couple of years more than…
Barrick paid $430M to settle Mali dispute: Bloomberg
Barrick Mining (NYSE: B; TSX: ABX) paid nearly the same amount as the back taxes Mali’s junta claimed it owed, ending a long dispute that…
Canada, India eye nuclear export deal: report
Canada and India are close to announcing a new $2.8 billion (C$3.9 billion) uranium export deal that would see Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) supply…