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…
Politics
Anglo-Teck deal hangs on redomiciling: Globe
The federal government is pressuring Anglo American (LSE: AAL) to become legally Canadian on top of moving its headquarters to Vancouver as it scrutinizes the…
MP Materials soars on Saudi rare earth JV
MP Materials (NYSE: MP) has teamed up with the U.S. Department of Defense to form a joint venture in Saudi Arabia with Maaden, the kingdom’s…
Chile vote thrusts right-winger to runoff
A strong showing by pro-business candidates in Chilean elections yesterday bodes well for the resurgence of mining investment in the world’s largest copper producer. Although…
Argentina’s Milei to melt glacier law stalling projects
Argentine President Javier Milei plans to change the country’s glacier protection law to ease giant copper developments such as Glencore’s (LSE: GLEN) El Pachón and…
Carney formally announces Major Projects
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has confirmed the second batch of projects to the country’s Major Projects Office, ones already reported by media outlets this…
Nouveau Monde, Northcliff, Canada Nickel on Ottawa’s fast track, CBC reports
The next batch of Canadian mining projects due for federal fast-tracking includes Northcliff Resources’ (TSX: NCF; US-OTC: NCFFF) tungsten proposal in New Brunswick, Nouveau Monde…
How Lassonde, MAC, Selby assess Canada’s permitting and Carney’s Major Projects Office
If Canadians were unfamiliar with the Ring of Fire before Game One of the World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles…
Guinea looks downstream past Simandou start
As the Rio Tinto-led (ASX, LSE: RIO) $23.5-billion Simandou iron ore mine started officially this week in Guinea, the West African country under military rule…
Canada Nickel on federal short list, Star says
Canada Nickel’s (TSXV: CNC: US-OTC: CNIKF) proposed Crawford mine in Ontario may be among a new batch of projects due to join a federal fast…
China lifts export ban on gallium, germanium and antimony to US
China has lifted a nearly year-long ban on exports of gallium, germanium and antimony to the United States in a further de-escalation of trade tensions…
Blast from the Past: US proposes huge mining program
In early 1942, with America newly at war and global supply lines shattered, the U.S. Bureau of Mines unveiled an ambitious plan to secure the…