Venezuela targets $4.4B London gold stash
Venezuela’s government and opposition have agreed to jointly pursue the return of about 31 tonnes of gold held at the Bank of England in a plan to help finance reconstruction…
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Cobre Panama restart hopes rise as thousands return to mine
First Quantum Minerals’ (TSX: FM) hopes of restarting its halted Cobre Panamá copper mine received a boost Tuesday as government officials met workers and suppliers while weighing the giant operation’s…
Gold holds above $4,300 per oz as rate-cut bets build
Bullion extends last week’s 7% surge as weak US employment data, investor positioning and Chinese buying lend support.
US unveils $2B of financing commitments for mining
United States President Donald Trump on Friday announced more than $2 billion (C$2.8 billion) in financing pledges for critical minerals and other mining projects that he says will help the…
Lupaka Gold lands $49M from Peru to settle dispute
Peru has paid most of arbitration award, clearing the way for the first contingent value rights distribution.
Editorial: Industrial power returns
For much of the past three decades, mining executives struggled to convince governments that minerals were strategic assets. They no longer have to make that case because the world has made it…
Commentary: Canada should back critical minerals with buyers
The federal government’s first move through the Canada Critical Minerals Accelerator did not go to a lithium developer or a nickel mine. It went to germanium, antimony and gallium at…
US shortlists five states for nuclear sites
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has selected five potential host states for what it calls “Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses” in an effort to strengthen and modernize the nation’s…
US struggles to secure lithium for strategic stockpile
The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency has pushed back for a second time the deadline for suppliers to bid on a contract to provide battery-grade lithium carbonate for the nation’s strategic…
Sundance Resources awarded $616M after Cameroon’s ‘unlawful’ iron ore project grab
Sundance Resources has won a $616-million (C$870-million) arbitration award after an International Chamber of Commerce tribunal found Cameroon breached its legal obligations over the Mbalam-Nabeba iron ore project. The Perth-based…
U.S. defence push hits China minerals snag: Reuters
President Donald Trump’s drive to eliminate Chinese critical minerals from U.S. defence supply chains by the start of 2027 is running up against the reality that domestic mining and processing…
Federal coal could power US for 600 years: new study
USGS survey points to 356 billion short tons remain beneath public lands, reinforcing Trump’s coal agenda.