BHP loses bid to appeal Brazil dam disaster ruling
BHP (ASX: BHP) cannot appeal a U.K. court ruling that found the world’s largest miner liable for Brazil’s deadliest environmental disaster, tightening pressure ahead of a damages trial tied to…
Regulatory Issues
Breaking the West’s uranium enrichment bottleneck
With a full U.S. ban on imported Russian enriched uranium set to take effect in 2028, Western utilities are moving to rebuild enrichment and conversion capacity. That shift is reshaping the economics of the nuclear…
Dominican Republic halts GoldQuest gold-copper project after protests
Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader has ordered a suspension of all activity at GoldQuest Mining’s (TSX-V: CQC) Romero gold-copper project after mass protests over environmental risks Thousands of demonstrators marched…
CIM Connect: Teck chief pushes permits, power lines as Canada’s mining bottlenecks
Canada risks losing the next wave of critical-minerals investment unless it tightens permitting timelines, builds shared infrastructure and backs strategic metals projects that private capital has struggled to underwrite, Teck…
Ontario to axe early-stage red tape, Lecce says
Ontario is preparing legislation this year to slash red tape on early-stage projects as it shifts its minerals strategy towards defence metals and backs Toronto’s bid to host a Nato bank, Energy and Mining Minister…
TMC shares soar as NOAA backs seabed mining plan
Shares in The Metal Company (NASDAQ: TMV) jumped on Friday after a United States Regulator ruled the company’s deep-seabed mining application fully compliant. The decision by the National Oceanic and…
Meridian raises $34M in London market debut
Fresh capital strengthen Meridian’s push to turn its Cabacal project in Brazil into a cornerstone copper-gold asset.
South32 shocks market with Arizona cost blowout
South32 (ASX: S32) stunned investors on Thursday after raising costs and delaying development of the Taylor deposit at its Hermosa zinc-silver project in southern Arizona, casting doubt on the standout…
China tightens rare earths grip with strict enforcement
China has strengthened its control of rare earth production through new rules invoking penalties for quota violations, reinforcing Beijing’s grip on the supply of minerals underpinning the world’s advanced technologies….
Brazil’s largest bauxite producer nets licence to extend Glencore, Rio Tinto-backed project
Mineracao Rio do Norte (MRN), Brazil’s largest bauxite producer, has secured a key installation licence for its Novas Minas project, which seeks to extend operations in Pará state to 2041….
RCMP charges gold explorer ex-CEO with alleged mini-Bre-X fraud concerning assays
The RCMP has charged the former CEO of RPX Gold (TSXV: RPX; US-OTC: RDEXF) with fraud and forgery in connection with allegedly manipulated mining assay data that inflated the company’s…
First Quantum loss widens on costs, copper output
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) reported a wider first-quarter loss as higher operating costs and weaker copper production weighed on results, despite raising its full-year output guidance. The company posted…