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U.S. doubles steel and aluminum tariffs, expedited land use planning for northwestern B.C., and possible mega-mergers ahead

2 days ago | magazine.cim.org | Kelsey Rolfe |Ashley Fish-Robertson

Welcome back to your weekly mining news recap, where we catch you up on some of the news you may have missed. This week’s headlines include the passage of Ontario’s contentious bill to fast-track major projects, Export Development Canada’s interest in supporting Defense Metals’ Wicheeda project, and more wildfire disruptions to multiple mine sites.
Policy questions

3 days ago | magazine.cim.org | Ryan Bergen |Kelsey Rolfe |Anne Millar |Mary Wells

A few years ago, at a mining conference and trade show in the United States, I met a man who had once been a miner in the eastern U.S. He was both friendly and gruff. He shared stories with me about working in underground coal mines and the near misses he had survived. When he retold how he had nearly been buried alive under coal and had to dig himself out, it was not with relief that those days were behind him, but with pride that he had the mettle to work with that risk and shrug it off.
Changes to Ontario’s fast-track bill, Trump’s tariff powers temporarily restored, and several projects affected by Prairie wildfires

1 week ago | magazine.cim.org | Ashley Fish-Robertson

Welcome back to your weekly mining news recap, where we catch you up on some of the news you may have missed. This week’s headlines include seismic activity delaying the restart of Kakula mine operations, approval of the Oak Flat land swap for the Resolution Copper project, and the safe evacuation of all Kloof mine workers.
Trump administration fast-tracks Utah uranium project

1 week ago | magazine.cim.org | Ashley Fish-Robertson

This story has been updated since its original publication on May 16, 2025, to reflect new information. B.C.-headquartered Anfield Energy announced on May 27 the approval of its Velvet-Wood uranium and vanadium project in southeastern Utah. The environmental review for the project was completed by the federal Bureau of Land Management within 14 days.
Nature forward

1 week ago | magazine.cim.org | Kelsey Rolfe |Ashley Fish-Robertson

A new guidance document from ICMM aims to help mining companies restore and preserve biodiversity at their operations, with the ultimate goal of achieving biodiversity net gain, which means that the overall biodiversity at a mining site exceeds biodiversity losses.
Questions of gravity

1 week ago | magazine.cim.org | Lynn Greiner |Eavan Moore |Kylie Williams

The mass mining technique of block caving—where miners undercut an ore body, causing it to collapse and letting gravity do much of the work of fragmenting the ore—is not a new method. It is the chosen approach for the very largest of underground copper and gold mines, such as PT Freeport Indonesia’s Grasberg copper-gold mine in Indonesia, Codelco’s El Teniente copper-molybdenum mine in Chile and Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia. Sign Up Already signed up?
Production a go for Prairie lithium project, support for Indigenous mining participation in Ontario, and a green light for coal exploration in the Rockies

2 weeks ago | magazine.cim.org | Ashley Fish-Robertson

Welcome back to your weekly mining news recap, where we catch you up on some of the news you may have missed. This week’s headlines include Rio Tinto’s CEO on the way out, the U.S. considering granting rights for seabed mining near American Samoa, and a new report highlighting a growth in critical minerals demand in 2024. Arizona Lithium has received approval from Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Energy and Resources to begin phase one production at its Prairie lithium project in southeast Saskatchewan.
Towards zero-entry mining

2 weeks ago | magazine.cim.org | Graham Chandler |Alexandra Lopez-Pacheco |Eavan Moore

Several new robotics technologies are paving the way for the industry to achieve zero-entry mining—a theoretical point in time when humans no longer have to enter areas where drilling, blasting and other crucial, but hazardous, work is occurring. Sign Up Already signed up?
U.S. expedites uranium project review, funding for Quebec industrial infrastructure and Pan American to buy MAG Silver

3 weeks ago | magazine.cim.org | Ashley Fish-Robertson

Welcome back to your weekly mining news recap, where we catch you up on some of the news you may have missed. This week’s headlines include a recent poll showing strong support for mining in Nova Scotia, Falco Resources advancing the environmental review for its Horne 5 project in Quebec, and Mali delaying the hearing regarding Barrick Mining’s Loulo-Gounkoto mining complex.
Utah uranium project permitting fast-tracked by Trump administration

3 weeks ago | magazine.cim.org | Ashley Fish-Robertson

The U.S. Department of the Interior shared on Monday that it plans to expedite the environmental permitting process for B.C.-headquartered Anfield Energy’s proposed Velvet-Wood uranium and vanadium mine in southeastern Utah, supporting U.S. President Donald Trump’s push to increase domestic energy production.