July 5, 2021 Cameco to resume production at Cigar Lake as wildfire threat subsides About 230 workers were evacuated from the site on July 1 as a precaution due to the proximity of the Briggs wildfire burning nearby.
July 5, 2021 First Mining suspends Ontario gold project due to forest fire Springpole is considered to be one of the largest undeveloped open-pit gold deposits in Canada.
July 2, 2021 Nauru puts UN on two-year deadline to make deep-sea mining rules The Pacific island nation has notified a United Nations body of plans to start deep-sea mining, giving the International Seabed Authority two years to complete long-running talks on rules governing…
July 2, 2021 British Columbia Supreme Court drops bombshell on natural gas industry Court found the B.C. government infringed the Blueberry River First Nation’s treaty rights by allowing decades of industrial development in their traditional territory.
July 2, 2021 Vale autonomous trucks have hauled 100Mt at Brucutu The amount of ore transported is equivalent to the weight of 35,000 major soccer stadiums like the famous Maracanã, in Rio de Janeiro.
July 2, 2021 New recycling techniques set to make electric vehicles greener The new methods involve retrieving parts of the battery so they can be reused, which can drastically cut costs and carbon emissions.
July 2, 2021 Vale restarts ship loader that caught fire at Ponta da Madeira port Company is commissioning its loading activities at ship loader 6 after 5 months of maintenance.
July 2, 2021 Cameco suspends Cigar Lake operations due to close wildfire Canadian uranium miner has temporarily suspended production as a precaution due to the proximity of a wildfire burning in the vicinity of the mine.
July 2, 2021 General Motors moves to secure US-sourced lithium for its EVs The US largest automaker is investing “multi millions” in a lithium project poised to become the country's largest by 2024.
July 1, 2021 US Forest Service advances Perpetua Resources’ plan for Idaho Stibnite-Gold project The project could become one of the largest and highest-grade open-pit gold mines in the US —and the country’s only primary producer of antimony.
How 2026 will reshape the US critical mineral resilience Emerging federal activity shows two key themes: growing support for high-risk minerals and renewed focus on domestic processing technologies. December 21, 2025 | 04:00 am
