Hidden Deforestation from Global Mining in 21st CenturyDecember 21, 2025 8:58 amBioengineer.orgIn the relentless pursuit of economic growth and resource acquisition, global mining operations have expanded dramatically in the 21st century, underpinning much of the modern world’s infrastructure and technology. However, a recent groundbreaking study …
The Structural Trends Transforming the Global EconomyDecember 21, 2025 3:17 amAddis FortuneHundreds of millions of people in developing countries are expected to enter the workforce over the next 25 years, even as advanced economies face demographic decline. In this commentary provided by Project Syndicate (PS), Dambisa Moyo, an international …
Demand from AI and clean energy pushes industrial metals upDecember 21, 2025 2:50 amCryptopolitanThe metals market in 2025 has been pretty crazy, thanks to gold’s astounding performance and silver’s equally beautiful rally.
But lithium, copper, aluminum, and steel have also managed to end up running right beside them, instead of trailing behind, …
Chinese shareholder red flags Bikita dealDecember 21, 2025 2:01 amZimbabwe IndependentTHE board of directors of Chinese miner, Sinomine Resource Group Co, Ltd (SRGCL) has written to its Hong Kong subsidiary raising concerns over purchasing Zimbabwean lithium miner, Bikita Minerals.
TATIRA ZWINOIRA
THE board of directors of Chinese miner, …
Rebuilding economy starts with institutionsDecember 21, 2025 12:48 amZimbabwe IndependentThe country has vast investment opportunities in almost every sector from tourism, mining, manufacturing, agriculture, media, public utilities and information technology
ZIMBABWE’S economy bears enormous potential for growth and sustained development that …
Lithium deal: Minister not avoiding stakeholder engagementDecember 21, 2025 12:21 amGhana MMAThe Media Relations Officer of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Paa Kwesi Schandorf, has dismissed claims that the Minister, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah is avoiding stakeholder engagement on an alleged proposed 7% lithium royalty rate.
Reports had …
Seeing the World Differently: Two Decades of Global Press PhotographyDecember 20, 2025 9:49 pmGlobal Press JournalUpper Mustang, Nepal
In the outskirts of Lo Manthang, Yanzen Gurung hangs a ceremonial khada scarf as an offering to the gods who guard her ancestral homeland. She prepared to return to Kathmandu, where she now lives with her husband. The gesture, part …
These Materials Are Making EVs Three Times as Wasteful as Gas CarsDecember 20, 2025 8:03 pmThe Good Men Project - California
By Marcus Griswold
Many companies are racing to become carbon neutral. With their near-zero operational emissions, electric vehicles promise a cleaner, quieter future than their gasoline-guzzling predecessors. Nations, led by giants like China (the world …
Gov’t hid study showing lithium refining can’t be done in Ghana- Bright SimonsDecember 20, 2025 6:47 pmMyJoyOnlineBright Simons, Vice President of IMANI-Africa, has alleged that government officials may have misled the public about the prospects of refining Ghana’s lithium locally, claiming that Atlantic Lithium had already completed a study ruling out local …
Gold and silver aren't the only metals having a massive 2025December 20, 2025 4:13 pmYahoo FinanceIt's been an eventful year in markets, and 2025 will be remembered, in part, for gold (GC=F) and silver (SI=F) reaching new highs, marking one of their best years on record. But these aren't the only metals that saw major gains in 2025. The price …
Bright Simons questions government’s ‘good faith’ in lithium mining dealDecember 20, 2025 3:47 pmGhana MMAPolicy analyst Bright Simons has raised serious concerns about Ghana’s lithium agreement with Atlantic Lithium, accusing successive sector ministers of misleading the public about plans to refine lithium locally.
Simons alleged that the lease agreement …
Internationalising India’s critical minerals sectorDecember 20, 2025 3:30 pmHindustan TimesAs India advances its ambitious climate and development goals, access to critical minerals has become a strategic imperative. Minerals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, and rare earth elements underpin the country’s plans for green transition, advanced …
The Pentagon Makes Another Move in the Market – Are You Paying Attention Yet?December 20, 2025 2:47 pmInvestorPlaceIn 1948, the two-month-old nation of South Korea was facing a serious threat, not only from North Korea but also from Russia and China.
At the time, South Korea’s president was in Tokyo meeting with General Douglas MacArthur. MacArthur understood exactly …
IMANI Warns Against Lithium Royalty Cuts for Profitable CompaniesDecember 20, 2025 12:31 pmNews GhanaIMANI Africa founder Franklin Cudjoe has warned that Ghana risks long term economic collapse if it continues granting generous concessions to already profitable private businesses, particularly in the mining sector.
Cudjoe made the case when an IMANI …
Stories that caught our eye: December 12 to 19December 20, 2025 11:40 amBuenos Aires Times
Budget on the way
The 2026 Budget was given first reading in the Congress of Deputies by a 132-97 vote late Wednesday while in the Senate earlier in the day La Libertad Avanza caucus chief Patricia Bullrich landed the chair of the Labour and Social …
Pulserate Lithium embroiled in claims grab stormDecember 20, 2025 8:37 amZim EyePulserate Lithium embroiled in claims grab storm
… faces probe over Mutoko mining claims
By A Correspondent| Woes are deepening for mining firm Pulserate Lithium amid growing calls for authorities to investigate allegations that it illegally acquired …
ROI-EV revolution rolls on but battery metals lose their charge: Andy HomeDecember 20, 2025 5:58 amETAutoIt's been a third tough year for battery metals such as lithium, nickel and cobalt as all three markets struggle to absorb the wave of supply that followed the 2022 price boom.China remains the driver of the global technology shift. The worlds largest …
Armory Mining Announces Closing of Flow-Through FinancingDecember 20, 2025 3:43 amInvesting News Network(TheNewswire) THIS NEWS RELEASE IS NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES
OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES Vancouver, B.C. December 19, 2025 TheNewswire - Armory Mining Corp. (CSE: ARMY) (OTC: RMRYF) (FRA: 2JS) (the "Company" …
Nevada Sunrise Announces Stock Option GrantsDecember 20, 2025 3:43 amInvesting News NetworkNevada Sunrise Metals Corporation (TSXV: NEV,OTC:NVSGF) (OTC Pink: NVSGF) ("Nevada Sunrise" or the "Company") announced today that it has granted a total of 3,250,000 stock options to directors, officers and consultants of the Company, …
Lion Rock Announces Engagement of Resource Stock DigestDecember 20, 2025 3:43 amInvesting News NetworkLion Rock Resources Inc. (TSXV: ROAR) (FSE: KGB1) (the "Company" or "Lion Rock") announces that it has entered into an awareness campaign service agreement (the "Service Agreement") with Resource Stock Digest ("RSD…
Albemarle's closing stock price at two-year high on FridayDecember 20, 2025 3:07 amMagnolia Reporter - ArkansasThe price of a share of stock in Albemarle Corporation stock closed Friday at $145.88 – ALB’s high point for the year and almost tripling its lowest close of 2025 -- $50.76 on April 8.
Albemarle opened trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday at $ …
‘Consultation is not consent’: What rights do tribes have when mining comes knocking?December 20, 2025 2:55 amLas Vegas Review Journal - NevadaFORT MCDERMITT — Building the nation’s largest lithium mine on public land means a federal agency must, by law, consult with the original, Indigenous stewards of the land.
But what that looks like in practice varies widely in both legal interpretations and …
Inside the little-known protest lawsuit from a powerful lithium mining companyDecember 20, 2025 2:55 amLas Vegas Review Journal - NevadaRENO — Inside Dean Barlese’s home on the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe reservation is a whiteboard with the numbers of tribal members who would drop everything to come to the beloved elder’s aid if needed.
So are the crinkled lawsuit papers the 68-year-old was …
Indigenous conflict with Nevada lithium mine endures years after protestDecember 20, 2025 2:55 amLas Vegas Review Journal - NevadaFORT MCDERMITT — Learning the protocol for “unanticipated discoveries” is a mandatory part of visitor training for the site where Lithium Americas, a mining company originally from Canada, plans to tear up the desert floor in search of lithium.
Those …
‘Force the table to come to you’: Nevada ranching town worried about lithium mineDecember 20, 2025 2:55 amLas Vegas Review Journal - NevadaOROVADA — The road to Thacker Pass goes through the ranching community of Orovada — literally.
The unincorporated town, ripe with sprawling green fields not usually characteristic of the Nevada high desert, is a stopover as travelers head north on …
American taxpayers own a stake in this Nevada lithium mine. Will it pay off?December 20, 2025 2:55 amLas Vegas Review Journal - NevadaRENO — The museum inside the University of Nevada, Reno’s Mackay School of Mines is a living scrapbook of the mining industry that gave the Silver State its name.
Three floors and rows of glass cases feature small, colorful samples of ore from mines of …
Cancer, mercury and extraction: Nevada mining town, near Thacker Pass, has polluted pastDecember 20, 2025 2:55 amLas Vegas Review Journal - NevadaMCDERMITT — It’s nearly impossible to find a family in McDermitt that hasn’t been scarred by a cancer death.
Flanked by the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation to the south and north, the town’s families — both Native and not — are well-acquainted with the …
A fuel from the past returns as Kashmir searches for winter powerDecember 20, 2025 2:21 amMintSrinagar: As the Kashmir Valley shivers through yet another winter of routine power cuts—temperatures plunging well below freezing, homes slipping into darkness for hours each day—the Jammu and Kashmir government has turned back to a long-abandoned idea: …
House passes Mining Regulatory Clarity Act; moves to SenateDecember 20, 2025 1:27 amElko Daily Free Press - NevadaThe yearslong efforts to undo the effects the 2019 Rosemont decision could have on the mining industry took a step forward this week when the U.S. House passed the bipartisan Mining Regulatory Clarity Act of 2025.
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Rio Tinto optimistic about biz outlookDecember 20, 2025 12:38 amChina DailyGlobal mining giant Rio Tinto is highly optimistic about new business prospects in China, anticipating fresh opportunities arising from Beijing's commitment to high-standard opening-up in key sectors in the coming year.
Commenting on China's …
EARNINGS AND TRADING: Plexus swings to loss but is "highly optimistic"December 19, 2025 10:51 pmLondon South East(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of earnings and trading updates by London-listed companies, issued on Friday and Thursday and not separately reported by Alliance News:
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Upcoming Meeting Dates – November 17, 2025December 19, 2025 10:12 pmThe Kingston Whig-StandardToronto, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – November 17, 2025) – The following is a list of Upcoming Meeting Dates for Reporting Issuers in Canada. The data is supplied by Issuing Companies through the service of CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc.
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Parliament Approves Three Hundred Fifty Seven Billion Cedis Budget for 2026December 19, 2025 9:23 pmNews GhanaParliament on Friday, December 19, 2025, approved the Appropriation Number Two Bill for the 2026 financial year, authorizing the Government to withdraw 357,105,639,080 cedis from the Consolidated Fund and other public funds to finance operations through …
Gov’t introduces sliding-scale mining royalties to capture price gainsDecember 19, 2025 9:06 pmMyJoyOnlineThe government has laid before Parliament the Minerals and Mining Royalty Regulations, 2025, a new Legislative Instrument (L.I.) designed to introduce variable royalty bands for gold, lithium, and other mineral resources.
The proposed regulations establish …
Minority raises concerns over revised lithium agreementDecember 19, 2025 9:06 pmMyJoyOnlineThe Minority in Parliament has expressed concern over Ghana’s revised lithium agreement with Barari DV, describing the deal as a lost opportunity to maximise the country’s benefits from its emerging green minerals sector.
Addressing the media, the Ranking …
North American Construction Group acquires Iron Mine ContractingDecember 19, 2025 9:05 pmCanadian ManufacturingNorth American Construction Group have acquired Iron Mine Contracting, a privately owned Western Australian diversified mining services contractor for $115 million. ACHESON — North American Construction Group Ltd. announced on Dec. 18 that it has entered …
Britain is banking on a deadly mining boomDecember 19, 2025 6:41 pmNew InternationalistThe government’s new critical minerals strategy will bring ‘death and destruction’ to mineral-rich countries around the world. Jake Simms calls for a different approach.
Mining affected communities in Chile, Peru, South Africa and Indonesia have condemned …
Gov’t introduces sliding-scale mining royalties under new regulationsDecember 19, 2025 6:34 pmGhana MMAThe government has laid before Parliament the Minerals and Mining Royalty Regulations, 2025, aimed at introducing variable royalty bands for gold, lithium, and other minerals to better align state revenues with global commodity price movements.
The …
Parliament approves GHS357 billion budget for 2026December 19, 2025 6:13 pmGhana Broadcasting CorporationBy: Ashiadey Dotse
Parliament has approved GHS357 billion Appropriation Bill to fund government operations in 2026, paving the way for public spending to begin from January 1, 2026.
The bill, known as the Appropriation Number Two Bill, 2025, allows the …
Government lays Minerals and Mining Royalty Regulations to introduce sliding-scale royaltiesDecember 19, 2025 6:13 pmGhana Broadcasting CorporationBy Valentia Tetteh
The government has laid before Parliament the Minerals and Mining Royalty Regulations, 2025, a new Legislative Instrument (L.I.) designed to introduce variable royalty bands for gold, lithium and other mineral resources.
The proposed …
Minority rejects revised lithium agreement, insists 10% royalty was acceptable to Barari DVDecember 19, 2025 6:13 pmGhana Broadcasting CorporationBY VALENTIA TETTEH
The Minority in Parliament has rejected the revised lithium agreement laid before Parliament by the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, who doubles as the Acting Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, …
Minority Slams Barari DV Lithium Deal as a Missed Opportunity for GhanaDecember 19, 2025 5:59 pmModern GhanaThe Minority Caucus has criticised the Barari DV lithium agreement, warning that the current framework fails to secure meaningful value for Ghana’s emerging green minerals sector.
Addressing journalists in Accra, Kwaku Ampratwum Sarpong, Ranking Member on …
Minority: No gains for Ghana in revised Lithium agreementDecember 19, 2025 4:07 pmCNR Citi NewsroomThe Minority Caucus has raised concerns over Ghana’s Barari DV lithium agreement, describing the current framework as a missed opportunity to secure stronger benefits from the country’s emerging green minerals sector.
Speaking at a Press conference, Kwaku …
Gov’t resubmits Lithium mining agreement to ParliamentDecember 19, 2025 4:01 pmGhana MMAThe government has resubmitted the lithium mining agreement with Barari DV Ghana Limited to Parliament for consideration, after initially withdrawing the deal to allow for further stakeholder consultations.
The submission has reignited debate over the …
Parliament approves GHS357bn Appropriation Bill for 2026December 19, 2025 3:04 pmGhana MMAParliament has passed the Appropriation Number 2 bill, 2025, authorising the government to make a withdrawal of GHS357 billion from the Consolidated Fund and other public funds effective January 1, 2026, to meet government expenditure.
The 2026 budget …