Weekly Geopolitical Mining Review
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South America’s Strategic Minerals Agenda: Four Countries Seek Regional Coordination
Chile, Argentina, Bolivia and Peru opened a regional strategic minerals agenda, while U.S. licences widened controlled access to Venezuelan oil and minerals, state backed contracts reached rare earths and tungsten, and acquisitions connected mines with processing.
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Canada’s Labrador Critical Minerals Corridor: Building Capacity Beyond the Mine
Canada referred the Labrador critical minerals corridor to the Major Projects Office, while NOAA opened the first commercial deep seabed mining review, BHP reported US$18 billion in copper EBITDA and the United States selected seven projects for US$500 million.
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Indonesia’s Mineral Strategy 2026: From Production to Price Formation
Indonesia targets a strategic minerals exchange for January 2027, while Codelco retains US$2.422 billion, Australia backs Tomago with A$2.5 billion, Neo advances magnet production and Sogima remains unable to restart.
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U.S. Critical Minerals Strategy 2026: From Funding to Execution
U.S. critical minerals investment topped US$2 billion, MP Materials booked US$17.6 million in price protection income, and new material control rules and project milestones pushed mineral strategy further into execution.
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Geopolitical Mining Weekly | Week of July 27–August 2, 2026
This week’s Geopolitical Mining Weekly looks at how mineral security is becoming a pathway question, shaped by recycling rules, Crawford Nickel’s approval stage, Queensland’s critical minerals plan, Bunker Hill’s brownfield restart, South Korea–Chile cooperation and South Africa’s mining governance reform.
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Geopolitical Mining Weekly | Week of July 20–26, 2026
This week’s Geopolitical Mining Weekly covers U.S. defence supply chain rules, Canada’s Crawford Nickel permitting stage, Sweden’s mineral strategy, the UK Magnet Hub, Codelco’s production audit and Zambia’s copper-cobalt feasibility work.
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Geopolitical Mining Weekly | Week of July 13–19, 2026
This week covers Wagerup gallium, U.S. FAST-41 mining permits, Chile’s investment framework, American Samoa offshore minerals, Europe’s Raw Materials Mechanism and Ghana’s mining law reform.
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Geopolitical Mining Weekly | Week of July 6–12, 2026
This week’s Geopolitical Mining Weekly covers Canada’s Critical Minerals Accelerator, the Hermosa permitting decision, Europe’s RAMP partnership, China–Namibia beneficiation, Canadian mining innovation and Kamoa-Kakula’s operating performance.
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Geopolitical Mining Weekly | Week of June 29–July 5, 2026
This week’s Geopolitical Mining Weekly looks at how mineral security moves from strategy into usable supply through coal based feedstocks, Red Chris infrastructure, India-Japan geological cooperation, Sangdong tungsten, Adani Copper and Cerro Colorado.
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Geopolitical Mining Weekly | Week of June 22–28, 2026
This week’s Geopolitical Mining Weekly covers U.S. Army critical minerals leases, EU-Brazil raw materials diplomacy, Codelco and Anglo American’s copper agreement, Queensland’s fund expansion, India’s rare earth magnet tender and Greenland’s Kuannersuit decision.