Public Policy

Iron Ore • Feb 3, 2022

Coast Guard to update its icebreaking

U.S.-flagged "lakers" were hindered by a shortage of Coast Guard icebreaking capabilities despite the Great Lakes' warm and delayed winter. Cement, iron ore, and coal shipments…

Coal • Jan 12, 2022

The Sierra Club and an Appalachian

President Biden has been urged to pick a permanent head of an agency that supervises mine reclamation by the Sierra Club and a coalition of environmental…

Steel • Dec 31, 2021

On-site electric arc furnace mills for the

To be precise, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said the country had released a development plan that calls for reducing energy consumption in…

Coal • Dec 30, 2021

U.S. Biggest Coal Mining Organization Praised

The biggest coal mining union in the United States released a statement the day after West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin seemed to kill Build Back Better.…

Battery Metals • Dec 13, 2021

Anti-Rio Tinto demonstrators in Belgrade

Thousands of protestors in Belgrade and other Serbian cities have stopped significant highways and bridges for the last two weekends to oppose the proposed lithium mine,…

Critical Minerals • Dec 10, 2021

The U.S. Geological Survey is extending the

The U.S. Geological Survey announced today it is seeking public comment by January 10, 2022, on a draft revised list of critical minerals.  “The USGS’s critical minerals list provides…

Battery Metals • Dec 6, 2021

Anti-Government Chants And Brandished Posters

A government-backed proposal to enable mining corporation Rio Tinto to extract lithium sparked mass protests in Serbia on Saturday. With anti-government shouts and posters criticizing the…

Battery Metals • Dec 2, 2021

Talon Metals CEO Praises Biden’s Mining Policy

Infrastructure investment and jobs plan that included considerable budgetary support for EV adoption, EV charging infrastructure, and more than $6 billion for growing battery materials production…

Copper • Nov 23, 2021

Chile’s Future? Non-Exploration Or

The world's biggest copper producer, Chile's Antofagasta, expressed "alarm" on Saturday over the country's mounting political instability. Companies in Chile's mining sector are concerned about rising…

Battery Metals • Nov 19, 2021

Ontario Has Trailed Behind Other Jurisdictions

A new strategy revealed by Ontario Premier Doug Ford intends to create 400,000 electric vehicles and trucks a year by 2030 and recruit two or three…