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Quebec simplifies environmental process

Quebec, one of North America’s biggest producers of minerals such as gold, graphite and lithium, recently adopted a new law that amends […]

Colin McClelland | October 7, 2025 | 2:23 pm

New approach needed to boost Canadian output: Sprott CEO

Canada’s next prime minister had better be serious about expediting…

Frederic Tomesco | April 28, 2025 | 5:15 am

Deep sea mining puts $560 billion in land extraction at risk — report

Deep sea mining is expected to negatively affect countries that…

MINING.COM Editor | November 14, 2024 | 1:00 am

How resource ‘classification debt’ chips away at miners’ growth and investor trust

Over the past decade, resource misclassification has saddled the mining…

Henry Lazenby | October 18, 2024 | 2:00 pm

‘We can raise more money in the Middle East,’ says junior that left Canada for UAE

The graphite junior that redomiciled to the United Arab Emirates…

Alisha Hiyate | July 24, 2024 | 2:07 pm

Dead Solaris deal has cash-strapped Canadian miners considering the door

Some of Canada’s leading mining law firms say their clients are considering leaving the country because the federal government’s clampdown on Chinese […]

Alisha Hiyate | July 2, 2024 | 3:08 pm

The US must close an Inflation Reduction Act loophole that could benefit Indonesian nickel

The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) established new incentives for “clean” electric vehicles (EVs) to source minerals from the United States and […]

Gregory Wischer | May 22, 2024 | 3:06 pm

Court decision to uphold mining ban in Colombian town impacts AngloGold project

The Tenth Administrative Court of Ibagué, the capital city of Colombia’s western Tolima department, ratified a mining ban in the Cajamarca municipality, […]

Staff Writer | April 28, 2024 | 8:46 am

Ecuadorian human rights organization denounces criminalization of anti-mining protest

Ecuador’s Ecumenical Human Rights Commission (CEDHU) issued a couple of statements this week denouncing the criminalization of anti-mining protests by law enforcement […]

Staff Writer | March 24, 2024 | 7:10 am

JV Article: Tax tsunami may destroy Canadian resource exploration financing, PearTree warns

Investments of more than $300 million in mineral exploration will be lost in 2024 and in all future years if Ottawa goes […]

Northern Miner Staff | March 11, 2024 | 1:08 pm

Optimism for metals clashes with reality for juniors ahead of PDAC

Increasing funding for battery metal and uranium projects versus gold brings home the global energy transition but big financing deals for preproduction […]

Alisha Hiyate | February 20, 2024 | 6:51 am

Agnico Eagle taps Mexico workforce for Macassa

Amid various solutions for miners struggling to find skilled labour, few companies are open about hiring workers outside Canada to meet their […]

Blair McBride | February 19, 2024 | 3:57 pm

Mexican president proposes ban on open-pit mining

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, known as AMLO, presented before parliament a series of constitutional reforms among which there’s a proposal […]

Staff Writer | February 10, 2024 | 2:53 pm

AME Roundup: BC’s first critical minerals strategy has some asking, ‘Is it enough?’

British Columbia launched its Critical Mineral Strategy at Vancouver’s AME BC Roundup on Monday, proposing 11 actions to boost the mineral sector […]

Henry Lazenby | January 23, 2024 | 3:00 pm

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Quebec simplifies environmental process

New approach needed to boost Canadian output: Sprott CEO

Deep sea mining puts $560 billion in land extraction at risk — report

How resource ‘classification debt’ chips away at miners’ growth and investor trust

‘We can raise more money in the Middle East,’ says junior that left Canada for UAE

Dead Solaris deal has cash-strapped Canadian miners considering the door

The US must close an Inflation Reduction Act loophole that could benefit Indonesian nickel

Court decision to uphold mining ban in Colombian town impacts AngloGold project

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