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India’s decision to adopt Ad Valorem Royalties for graphite, caesium, rubidium, and zirconium marks one of the most deliberate and far-reaching policy shifts in its resource…
India plans to train 5.7 million professionals under the National Critical Minerals Mission to develop a skilled India mining workforce and reduce import dependence.
BOEM advances offshore mineral leasing near American Samoa and CNMI, marking a key step in U.S. critical minerals strategy.
A Nuclear Comeback—and a Uranium Reckoning The United States is once again turning toward nuclear energy as a central pillar of its clean-energy strategy. Yet one…
For months, Brigadier General Rafael Olaya Quintero, commander of the Orinoco naval force, has been chasing tin and coltan traffickers across the waterways at Colombia’s border…
When Queensland’s Labor government introduced its tiered Queensland coal royalties in 2022, the goal was to ensure the state shared in the record profits of global…
The latest global conference on mercury ended with a partial victory but a glaring omission. At the sixth Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention…
The U.S. expands its critical minerals list to include copper, uranium, and met coal — reshaping mining incentives and national supply strategies.
Cove Capital’s $1.1 billion Kazakhstan tungsten venture secures a new critical-mineral source for U.S. supply chains and defense industries.
As global majors exit coal, a new generation of Asian coal miners is seizing the final wave of opportunity—fuelled by regional demand, local financing, and strategic…
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