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Brazilian rare earth and lithium processing facility surrounded by tropical vegetation and red laterite soil. Brazil has enacted a critical minerals law that gives the federal…
For mining companies, ESG compliance is moving from a reporting exercise into a condition of access: access to permits, financing, insurance, strategic government support and, increasingly,…
An Australian coal operation viewed from above. Mining news around BHP has taken a legal and workforce turn after the Mining and Energy Union began funding…
Mining control rooms are becoming central to the collection, validation and assurance of ESG data. For mining companies, the most important ESG reporting milestone of 2026…
Tailings infrastructure and water controls are becoming central to mining approvals, financing and licence retention. Mining ESG compliance is moving from a reporting exercise to a…
Zimbabwe is preparing legislation that would make environmental, social and governance compliance a condition for issuing, renewing or extending mining rights, placing environmental performance and community…
Brazilian critical-minerals mine and processing infrastructure in a cerrado setting. Brazil’s Senate has approved a bill creating a national policy for critical and strategic minerals, including…
Brazilian mineral-processing infrastructure in a lateritic mining region. Brazil’s Senate has approved a national policy for critical and strategic minerals that creates a R$2 billion guarantee…
Brazil's Senate has approved a new Brazil critical minerals law — the National Policy for Critical and Strategic Minerals — now awaiting President Luiz Inácio Lula…
Modern enrichment infrastructure illustrates the processing bottleneck between uranium mining and reactor fuel. The United States is moving to end its dependence on Russian enriched uranium,…
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