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Mining regulation news provides critical coverage of the policies, laws, and permitting decisions shaping mining operations worldwide. From environmental compliance and Indigenous rights to tax codes and land use reforms, this category analyzes legal frameworks across major jurisdictions. Track how governments, courts, and international bodies are influencing mining access, project approvals, ESG standards, and corporate accountability. A vital resource for legal experts, executives, investors, and journalists following the intersection of policy and mining. Related categories: Mining Policy, Global Mining News, and M&A & Capital Markets.
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…
Legacy uranium mining and reclamation landscape in northwestern New Mexico. New Mexico has barred new uranium mining leases on state trust lands, setting a state-level limit…
An arid artisanal mining site in Niger State, Nigeria. Thirty-seven people arrested during a Nigerian crackdown on suspected illegal mining died in custody in Minna, Niger…
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…
An all-season road under development in a remote Canadian Shield landscape, illustrating the infrastructure challenge facing northern mineral projects. Canada has attracted nearly C$500 billion (about…
Mining M&A in 2026 is increasingly being shaped by a question that sits beside resource size and commodity exposure: how reliably can the asset move through…
G20 energy ministers have agreed to strengthen cooperation on critical minerals, with a focus on more resilient and diversified supply chains, local value addition, investment, innovation…
Ecuador’s tax authority has issued a $154 million assessment against Lundin Gold over the calculation of the state’s share of benefits from the Fruta del Norte…
Engineered tailings storage infrastructure in a dry mountainous mining region. For mining companies, tailings compliance is moving into a more demanding phase. The question is no…
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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