critical minerals

A defining feature of the ongoing federal election campaign has been the apparent marginalization of the environment and climate change as top-of-mind issues due to threats by the United States against Canadian sovereignty, security and trade.

Ontario's response to the escalating trade war with the United States will factor heavily in the first legislative sitting after Premier Doug Ford cruised to victory in the snap February election.

Extracting resources from the Earth always comes with costs. As we race toward a cleaner, greener future, there is a risk of repeating the abuses of mining for coal and other fossil fuels.

On the coast of Newfoundland, waste from a shuttered asbestos mine has been a troubling source of contamination for decades. Now, a company plans to process the waste to draw CO2 from the air — one of several projects worldwide that aim to turn this liability into an asset.

Action Canada study concludes "re-mined' tailings from 10,000 abandoned and 200 operating mines could be processed for a wealth of residual minerals and metals that are deemed key to the energy transition and national security

Donald Trump’s tariffs are about dominance, not trade.

Provincial Conservatives are promising a fund for ‘strategically located’ facilities to refine mined minerals and metals for use in everything from EV batteries through wind turbines to fighter jets, though some in industry worry the money could be badly spent.

While experts agree that environmental, social and governance practices have been further embedded in mining strategies, they also remain the highest risk for mining companies.

After a Chinese export ban, can America get gallium and germanium from Canada — or will tariffs get in the way?

A nationwide network of processing facilities needs to be at the heart of the idea of a new strategic reserve of key energy transition materials such as lithium, zinc and copper, some mining leaders argue

Province prioritizes slate of major projects to help declaw threatened U.S' export tariffs but only one — Teck’s Highland Valley copper mine — will produce critical minerals, materials key to solar panels, wind turbines, and EV batteries.

Federal energy and natural resource minister proposes co-development of new uranium, germanium, lithium and other critical minerals megaprojects to reduce U.S. reliance on Russian and Chinese imports.

B.C. Premier David Eby said he had spoken with the leaders of B.C. mining and refining firms, who indicated they are redirecting products to alternative markets, ahead of Tuesday's scheduled imposition of 25 per cent U.S. tariffs on Canadian products, with the exception of energy, which faces a 10 per cent tariff.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with Trump twice on Monday, their first discussions since the president took over the White House on Jan. 20. After what Trudeau described on social media as a "good call" in the afternoon, the two leaders agreed to pause tariffs for at least 30 days.