Republic of Mining

Home The most consequential development in critical minerals today is not geological. It is geopolitical: the quiet emergence of an international alliance dedicated to securing critical mineral supply chains. Over the past three years, the G7 has constructed what appears, at first glance, to be a collection of disconnected initiatives focused on critical minerals security. ... <...

https://vancouversun.com/ Mining company plans to make final investment decision on mine expansion this year The B.C. government’s approval of a multi-billion-dollar expansion of the Red Chris gold and copper mine sets owner Newmont Corp. up for a final investment decision later this year. The mine was on both the provincial and federal government’s fast-track project ...

https://www.chinatalk.media/ a policy framework for derisking success After fifteen years of bipartisan attention, countless executive orders, and tens of billions in appropriated and authorized funding, the United States remains overwhelmingly reliant on China for the critical minerals. In some cases, that reliance has increased. Over that same period, foreign interference in c...

https://thestarphoenix.com/ One of the biggest uranium deposits in the world lies deep in the Athabasca Basin. Beyond the 400 people running the site, almost no one else has laid eyes on the Cigar Lake mine since it opened over a decade ago — until now Taryn Roske steps into what’s called the cage, a mine ...

https://worldthink.substack.com/ Nobody is talking about this. They should be. Most people think the next world war will start in the Middle East. Or maybe Taiwan. Or maybe some dusty border in Eastern Europe. But here’s the thing nobody is telling you the real race. The quiet one. The one that actually decides who runs the ...