South African diamond mines face falling prices, capital pressure and restructuring. Venetia, Cullinan and Finsch reveal the sector’s investment risks.
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…
NEW YORK — Italy and the United States have signed a memorandum of understanding on critical minerals that establishes a formal framework for cooperation on supply-chain…
Brazil’s new policy improves the financing toolkit for domestic processing, but project bankability will depend on qualification rules, infrastructure and credible offtake structures. By Charles Pitts…
Engineered tailings storage infrastructure in a dry mountainous mining region. By Charles Pitts For mining companies, tailings compliance is moving into a more demanding phase. The…
Brazilian nickel and critical-minerals processing infrastructure viewed from an elevated angle. Critical-minerals finance is increasingly being shaped by governments before projects reach lenders’ credit committees. The…
Brazilian ferronickel processing infrastructure similar to the assets involved in MMG’s proposed acquisition of Anglo American’s nickel business. By Charles Pitts The European Commission has issued…
Lithium brine evaporation ponds and processing infrastructure in Argentina’s high-altitude Andes. Lithium Argentina has closed a $180 million strategic investment from Ganfeng Lithium, strengthening the Chinese…
The U.S. Department of War is supporting a US$150 million investment into Blue Moon Metals’ Springer Tungsten Complex in Nevada, tying the planned mine restart to…
By Charles Pitts The European Union’s revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) promise a substantial reduction in sustainability reporting volume. The European Commission says the rules…
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