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When the Trump administration issued an executive order in April 2025 calling for accelerated development of seabed mineral resources, it identified three distinct geographic areas as targets. That three-part framing…
Canada is changing how it screens foreign investment in critical minerals. The new rules extend beyond outright acquisitions. They reach minority stakes. And they require government…
The US conflict minerals rule requires certain companies to investigate and disclose the origins of tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold. Here is what Section 1502 requires—and…
The European Commission’s revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) reduce reporting volume sharply, but they do not remove the operational risks that mining companies must measure,…
Brazil now has a national legal framework for critical and strategic minerals. Law 15.506, enacted on September 16, created the National Policy for Critical and Strategic…
Strategic-minerals processing infrastructure in Brazil. Brazil has enacted a new framework for screening foreign investment and strategic transactions involving critical minerals, adding a review layer to…
Critical-minerals operators are increasingly expected to prove where material was extracted, processed, handled and sold before buyers, lenders or customs authorities will accept it. For years,…
The Boundary Waters region’s interconnected lakes and forest define the environmental stakes in the Twin Metals permitting dispute. Congress reopened the federal path for mining near…
Brazil’s new policy improves the financing toolkit for domestic processing, but project bankability will depend on qualification rules, infrastructure and credible offtake structures. Brazil’s new critical-minerals…
Brazilian critical-minerals processing infrastructure in a tropical industrial setting. Brazil has enacted its first dedicated legal framework for critical and strategic minerals, offering up to R$7…
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