Regulation Watch

Africa • Sep 14, 2026

Swiss gold ban squeezes Sudan’s war economy

Sudan’s artisanal gold sector is a major source of revenue for the forces fighting the country’s war. Switzerland has begun banning purchases, imports and transit of…

Articles • Sep 13, 2026

Mining ESG compliance 2026: methane reporting expands to 40 jurisdictions

By Penny Langford The 2026 methane-compliance landscape is expanding beyond a small group of energy-sector rules. More than 40 jurisdictions are now using, or moving toward,…

Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) • Sep 11, 2026

Mining ESG Compliance: Tailings Rules Tighten

An engineered mining pile with drainage and geotechnical monitoring infrastructure in Brazil. Brazil is moving toward a dedicated national framework for the safety management of mining…

Battery Metals • Sep 11, 2026

Lithium Mine Permit: CATL Project Returns to Review

By Penny Langford Chinese regulators have withdrawn the environmental assessment acceptance notice for Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd.’s Jianxiawo lithium mine in Jiangxi province, sending the…

Articles • Sep 9, 2026

Mining ESG Compliance 2026: Disclosure Rules Raise Data Costs

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…

Articles • Sep 9, 2026

Mining ESG compliance 2026: rights, water and permit risk reshape development

Tailings infrastructure and water controls are becoming central to mining approvals, financing and licence retention. By Penny Langford Mining ESG compliance is moving from a reporting…

Articles • Sep 9, 2026

China rare earth suppliers halt some US shipments on regulatory worries

Rare earth separation and processing equipment at an industrial facility. By Salini Krishnan Chinese rare earth suppliers have halted or delayed some licensed shipments to U.S.…

Articles • Sep 9, 2026

ACG Metals to acquire Keşkek gold licence in Türkiye

ACG Metals plans to use existing Gediktepe infrastructure to process oxide ore from the Keşkek licence. By Charles Pitts | Mining & M&A ACG Metals has…

Articles • Sep 9, 2026

Zimbabwe to make ESG compliance a condition for mining rights

By Sonny Rollins Zimbabwe is preparing legislation that would make environmental, social and governance compliance a condition for issuing, renewing or extending mining rights, placing environmental…

Articles • Sep 9, 2026

Brazil Court Halts Sigma Lithium Grota do Cirilo Output

Open-pit lithium mining operations in the rugged terrain of Minas Gerais, Brazil. A federal court in Brazil has ordered a suspension of operations and environmental licenses…