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Mining ESG compliance is increasingly being tested through site-level evidence, environmental controls and community commitments. Mining ESG compliance is moving from a reporting issue to a…
Illustrative image: critical-minerals processing infrastructure in Queensland. Queensland Parliament has passed legislation giving the state government expanded powers to accelerate major projects, including critical-minerals mines, processing…
WASHINGTON : Federal acquisition officials and defense prime contractors are confronting an increasingly narrow operational window as the statutory January 1, 2027 deadline approaches. Under federal…
Engineered tailings and water-management infrastructure at a mine site. For mining companies, ESG reporting is moving from the sustainability department into financial controls, operating risk and…
Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court has upheld a provisional framework allowing the Cinta Larga Indigenous people to pursue mineral exploration and mining in four territories spanning Mato…
Parliament House complex in New Delhi, India. Byline: Sonny Rollins India’s Parliament has passed legislation giving the central government wider authority over mineral-bearing lands and placing…
For the global mining sector, the reporting year marks a fundamental watershed. Long characterized by voluntary sustainability frameworks and fragmented national guidelines, mineral extraction, processing, and…
The year 2026 marks a structural shift in the U.S. mining industry, as decades of regulatory gridlock begin to clear under a wave of aggressive permitting…
The legislative landscape for American critical minerals shifted fundamentally in April 2026. With the passage of H.J. Res. 140, the United States Senate narrowly voted to…
The Peruvian government has formally issued a Supreme Decree declaring lithium and uranium as "critical and strategic minerals" of national importance. This legislative pivot, finalized in…
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