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Canada’s vast critical mineral wealth is beyond dispute. Whether the global strategy agreed at this week’s meeting of industrialized nations in Kananaskis, Alta. will help or hinder the country’s chances in this key energy transition market remains a question.

The Fort Macleod & District Community Hall was packed to capacity with nearly 500 people, with the premier and cabinet ministers facing near-constant jeers from a majority of attendees who came to express their frustrations with the Alberta government's decision to permit coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.

Two First Nations that signed deals with the provincial government to improve access to the Ring of Fire are speaking out against a new Ontario law that seeks to ease mineral extraction in the northern region.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government has given itself the power to suspend provincial and municipal laws for chosen projects in areas it deems to have economic importance. On Wednesday afternoon, the province passed Bill 5, the so-called Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act, which has sparked a firestorm of anger among First Nations.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government is pushing through a controversial mining bill despite the protests of several hundred First Nations members who came from the far north to the front lawn of Queen's Park on Monday.

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

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.

Canadian metals and minerals are critical for the U.S. clean energy, defence and microchip sectors, but provide little if any leverage in trade negotiations with a tariff-focused Trump administration.

Natasha Kumari cleans up after mining companies. This 31-year-old from Burnaby, British Columbia, is vice president of marketing and operations for Tersa Earth, which uses nature-based solutions to clean the water in mining tailings ponds and reuse the minerals. 

Risks — and possibly rewards — lie ahead for Canada’s mining sector as the protectionist president-elect returns to the White House, say industry leaders.

​​A group of Indigenous communities in Alaska are calling for a stop to a “reckless” mining plan across the Canadian border that they say will threaten their water, food supply and way of life. 

A Swiss-based mining company with a sketchy foreign business record that won approval to take over Teck Resources’ B.C. coal mines has MPs from multiple parties and environmental groups up in arms.

How do we balance the needs of an energy transition with the harsh realities of mining critical minerals? 

A groundbreaking, global survey of more than 700 reporters and editors from 102 countries shows that nearly 40 per cent have faced threats for their work, while more than one in ten have been confronted with physical violence.

The two companies will each receive $5 million from the federal government to help finance the development of new technologies designed to recover valuable nickel, cobalt, copper and other minerals from the “black mass” of shredded flat batteries.