September 1, 2025 British Columbia OKs Mt Polley copper-gold pit expansion The Springer pit expansion adds about eight more years to the mine's life.
August 28, 2025 Alaska fast tracks permits with new fed deal The FAST-41 cooperation with Alaska could shave a quarter of environmental permitting time, down to 2.7 years from 3.6 years.
August 28, 2025 American Lithium wins legal battle over Peruvian uranium concessions The decision ends what it considers to be an "unnecessary legal process" initiated seven years ago by Peru's mining ministry.
August 26, 2025 Northern Dynasty sticks to proposal in battle to lift Pebble mine veto Company said in a statement that it continued to have “active” negotiations with authorities for the withdrawal of the veto.
August 25, 2025 Pan American locks in $2.1B takeover of MAG Silver Deal hands Pan American a 44% interest in the high-grade Juanicipio silver mine in Mexico, operated by Fresnillo.
August 22, 2025 Trump weighs using $2 billion in CHIPS Act funding for critical minerals Trump has moved to change the CHIPS Act - legislation he has called "a horrible, horrible thing".
August 20, 2025 US urged to tackle illicit gold boom fueled by soaring price An illegal gold mining and trafficking boom in several South American nations has become a crisis.
August 19, 2025 Trump blasts appeals court for halting Resolution Copper land transfer On Truth Social, US president called the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals a "radical left court."
August 19, 2025 US targets Chinese steel and lithium for forced-labor scrutiny The measure is meant to help combat alleged repression of Uyghurs and other minorities in the province of Xinjiang.
August 18, 2025 South Africa mining lobby gives draft law feedback with concerns The nation’s gold output has shrunk by more than 70% in the past 20 years.
EU risks slow demise of aluminum industry if carbon tax not scrapped, Constellium CEO says The upcoming tax - coupled with concerns over supply - has pushed up European premiums for physical metal to a 10-month high. December 05, 2025 | 10:47 am
