New draft laws put greater emphasis on agreement between Indigenous groups and developers, but the government retains the final decision in heritage disputes.
The political upheaval catches the aluminum raw materials chain at a vulnerable moment with alumina prices already surging higher due to refinery problems.
Silver Mines’s Bowdens project in New South Wales is set to start operations in 2023 and will have an initial output target of 6 million ounces a year.
Call it cross-pollination: Mining companies in Australia are taking up projects in Canada and Canadian mining companies are enthusiastic about projects in Australia.
Delays are especially pronounced for getting the country's environment ministry Semarnat to approve environmental impact statements for mining projects.