New Quebec minister urged to cut mining red tape
Quebec has a new minister responsible for mining and forestry. Jean-François Simard, a sociologist by training who once served as the province’s junior environment minister,…
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Editorial: Quebec’s mining crossroads
Quebec’s mining sector is at once thriving and uncertain, a duality that reflects the global forces reshaping commodities and the local policies that aim to…
Foran’s McIlvenna Bay zinc-copper project could produce by around April
Foran Mining’s (TSX: FOM; US-OTC: FMCXF) construction progress at its McIlvenna Bay zinc-copper project in Saskatchewan is putting it on track to start commercial production…
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…
Washington seeks Thacker Pass stake
The Trump administration now wants an initial 5-10% equity stake in Lithium Americas’ (TSX, NYSE: LAC) Thacker Pass project in Nevada as it seeks to…
Hudbay halts Constancia mine amid Peru protests
Hudbay Minerals (TSX, NYSE: HBM) has temporarily shut down its Constancia mine in southern Peru in response to local protests and illegal blockades that have…
Angola joins race for De Beers slice
Angola’s state diamond company Endiama has formally submitted a bid for a minority stake in De Beers, intensifying the scramble for influence over the world’s largest…
Botswana wants De Beers control within weeks
Botswana is accelerating efforts to gain control of De Beers as parent company Anglo American (LSE: AAL) moves forward with plans to divest its 85%…
DOE re-thinks $2.2B Thacker Pass lithium loan
The Trump administration is reportedly having second thoughts on a Biden-era $2.2-billion loan for Lithium Americas’ (TSX, NYSE: LAC) Thacker Pass project in Nevada, according…
DRC to impose cobalt export quotas
The Democratic Republic of Congo will end a ban on cobalt exports next month and impose annual shipment quotas instead as the world’s biggest producer…
Neo Performance opens Europe’s first REE magnet plant
Neo Performance Materials (TSX: NEO; US-OTC: NOPMF) has officially opened its $75-million facility in Estonia, becoming the first to mass produce rare earth magnets for…
Seabed miners face squeeze under oceans law
A newly ratified treaty to safeguard life at sea is expected to intensify opposition to deep-sea mining at a United Nations climate summit this week…