Agnico, Vale warn of Ontario mining labour squeeze
Ontario’s push to accelerate mine approvals risks running into a shortage of skilled workers that could inflate construction costs and stall investment, executives from Agnico…
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Michigan mining push tests Lake Superior safeguards
Michigan is backing a new copper and nickel push near Lake Superior even as it continues cleaning up pollution left by the last mining boom….
Democrats’ win puts US mining agenda under scrutiny
Democrats’ capture of Congress raises the prospect of greater scrutiny of President Donald Trump’s mining and energy agenda, even as pressure to lower electricity costs…
ACG buys Blue Moon’s Norway assets for $220M
ACG Metals (LSE: ACG) has agreed to buy Blue Moon Metals’ (TSXV: MOON; Nasdaq: BMM) Norwegian business for $220 million (C$307 million) in shares, adding…
Trump rewrites mining playbook
“There is no better time to be mining in the United States.” For Rich Nolan, president and CEO of the National Mining Association, President Donald…
Editorial: Policy must outlast politics
One of the clearest arguments for learning from U.S. President Donald Trump’s mining policy came recently from a former Spanish foreign minister in Seville. Ana…
Chile copper outlook worsens as price forecast rises
Chile’s copper commission has cut its production forecasts for the world’s largest producer and raised its 2027 price outlook by 17% as mines struggle to…
Hudbay leads $49.8M investment in Pecoy Copper
Canadian explorer Pecoy Copper (TSXV: PCU; US-OTC: PCUUF) agreed to raise $49.8 million (US$35.7 million) from Hudbay Minerals (TSX, NYSE: HBM) and another investor to…
Rio begins Oyu Tolgoi copper restart after rockfall
Rio Tinto (ASX, LSE, NYSE: RIO) said it’s progressively restarting underground operations at Mongolia’s Oyu Tolgoi mine a day after a seismic event triggered a…
Complexity tops mining risks for 2027 in EY survey
Ageing mines and harder-to-process deposits are making production less predictable as financing and supply chain pressures mount, according to EY’s latest mining risk survey. EY’s…
China border checks cut Oyu Tolgoi exports by 70%
Copper concentrate exports from Rio Tinto’s (NYSE, LSE, ASX: RIO) Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia have dropped about 70% over the past two weeks because…
Appian eyes $2B Africa push despite policy risks
Appian Capital Advisory plans to invest about $2 billion (C$2.8 billion) in Africa, even as CEO Michael Scherb warns that unpredictable government policies are pushing…