Brazil mine licence system faces court test
Brazil is trying to speed up mine approvals just as its Supreme Court weighs challenges that could undo parts of the country’s new environmental licensing system. The overhaul sets national…
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Space miners may face an Earth-sized tax problem
Miners may one day extract fortunes from the Moon and asteroids, but governments will have to figure out how to take their cut without killing the industry before it gets…
Hancock disputes report of rare-earths paper loss
Australia’s Hancock Prospecting is disputing a report by the Australian Financial Review that falling shares of MP Materials (NYSE: MP) and Lynas Rare Earths (ASX: LYC) have cut the value…
Mining Forum: AI begins paying off, McKinsey says
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Fifteen of 19 major mining companies tracked by McKinsey reported financial gains from artificial intelligence in the third quarter through Sept. 11, up from four in…
Rio Tinto to expand metals trading beyond own output
Rio Tinto (ASX, NYSE, LSE: RIO) plans to expand its metals trading business into third-party material and derivatives as chief executive Simon Trott seeks to squeeze more value from the…
Vale buys Ligga iron ore stake for $190M
Vale (NYSE: VALE) confirmed it’s acquiring a 30% interest in Ligga to increase iron ore production, after the country’s stock exchange questioned why the deal hadn’t been disclosed to investors….
Billionaire’s buying spree stretches beyond iron ore
Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has made a string of investments over the past year, building exposure to rare earths, copper, gallium, antimony and precious metals as Australia’s richest person broadens…
Site visit: Titanium, vanadium light up Saga’s Radar in Labrador
Cartwright, Labrador – Over the past several months, the sounds of trucks, ATVs and drill rigs have broken the silence among thick forests in a remote eastern corner of Labrador…
Radiant World sues Glencore for $2 billion
Radiant World and Sapphire Minmetals have sued Swiss miner and commodities trader Glencore (LSE: GLEN) in Singapore, seeking $2 billion (C$2.8 billion) in damages. Sapphire Minmetals, which used to be…
BHP faces arbitration in Port Hedland wage dispute
Workers at BHP’s (ASX, LSE, NYSE: BHP) Port Hedland operations are seeking binding intervention in a wage dispute that is deepening labour tensions at the world’s largest bulk export port….
Opinion: Canada’s critical-minerals shortcut is old mines
The mantra “Canada has what the world needs” has circulated in different iterations for years, most recently adopted by Prime Minister Carney. But we cannot assume geology alone will result…
Chile bill targets foreign cash for next mining boom
Chile is opening its capital markets to junior explorers as the world’s top copper producer and second-largest lithium supplier seeks more investment to fund new mineral discoveries. The Senate-approved bill,…