Ottawa extends mining tax credits to 2032
Canada plans to extend two mineral exploration tax credits by five years and add antimony to the more generous incentive as Ottawa seeks to turn…
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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…
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…
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…
South African rare earth mine targets China sales
South Africa’s Steenkampskraal mine expects its first rare earth concentrate sales in early 2027 to buyers in China, as commissioning continues at a processing plant…
Seabed rocks catch fire during lab tests
Metal-rich rocks recovered from the Pacific Ocean began smoking and heating when researchers broke them apart in a laboratory, highlighting a potential fire hazard for…
Boron One raises Serbia project economics in updated study
Canadian explorer Boron One Holdings (TSXV: BONE) has outlined a higher projected return, annual revenue and after-tax net present value (NPV) for its Piskanja boron…
JPMorgan names critical minerals chief for $1.5T push
JPMorganChase (NYSE: JPM) has appointed Andrew Frame to lead critical minerals investment efforts under its $1.5-trillion (C$2.1 trillion) Security and Resiliency Initiative (SRI), placing him…
NioBay seeks partners to advance Crevier project
Junior explorer NioBay Metals (TSXV: NBY; US-OTC: NBYCF) is looking for financial backers to speed up development of its Crevier niobium-tantalum project in northern Quebec…
Grid Metals’ atomic-clock cesium resource in Manitoba ranks second globally
Grid Metals (TSX: GRDM; US-OTC: MSMGF) has outlined an initial resource that positions the company’s Falcon West property in Manitoba as the world’s second-largest cesium resource…
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…
SW US Spotlight 2: Rio, Teck, Newmont back juniors
Three major miners are backing junior explorers advancing copper projects in the U.S. Southwest, while a fourth company is pushing to become a domestic antimony…