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Rinehart’s Hancock Files Dual Appeals in Hope Downs Royalty Fight

The appeals put decades-old Hope Downs royalties back under review.

Peru Authorizes First-Phase Mining at Tía María’s La Tapada Pit

WA Court Grants Wright Prospecting Half of Hope Downs Royalties as It Dismisses Ownership Bids

Argentina Passes Glacier Law Overhaul to Allow Mining in Glacier Regions

U.S. Eases Venezuela Mining Sanctions, Opening Path for Investment in Gold and Critical Minerals

NMDC Hits 50 Million Tonnes of Iron Ore in FY26 in First for an Indian Miner

Japan Validates Multi-Day Deep-Sea Rare Earths Lift off Minami-Torishima

Rio Tinto and BHP Advance Pilbara Studies to Unlock Up to 200Mt From Yandicoogina and Yandi

Minas Gerais Panel Grants Preliminary Licenses for Viridis and Meteoric Rare-Earth Projects

Ottawa Clears Anglo–Teck Merger With Binding Conditions and Vancouver HQ

Mexico’s Mining Sector Warns Draft Water Law Could Stall Mountain Operations

Mendoza Sets New Lithium and Copper Hearings as Deputies Open Mining Review, Postpone PSJ Decision

Brazil Installs Mineral Policy Council, Sets Timelines for 2050 Plan and Critical‑Minerals Advisory Body

Barrick Confirms Fourmile as One of the Century’s Biggest High-Grade Gold Finds

Teck Launches QB2 Overhaul in Chile as COO Retires

Governments Demand Moratorium as U.S. Reviews First Commercial Deep-Sea Mining Application

Deep-Sea Mining Debate Intensifies as Long-Term Ecological Damage Revealed