A Chinese mining company is planning to construct a new lithium processing facility in Manitoba and says it is looking to allay Ottawa’s concerns with both national security and China’s dominance in the critical minerals market. Sinomine Resource Group Co. Ltd., which owns the Tanco lithium mine in northeastern Manitoba, is planning to build a new…

A recent report by the Brookings Institution claims that “the American public overwhelmingly favors renewable power.” While this may be true in theory, when Americans experience the reality of it, they don’t seem to like it much at all. Brookings, which sees local resistance as an impediment to overcome, concedes that “even though people like…

Fiji’s Lands and Mineral Resources Ministry has issued two special prospecting licenses to Chinese mining company Ding Jing Mining Pty Ltd more than a year after local residents raised objections to the move. It comes amid concerns of Beijing’s ongoing influence in the Pacific following Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s tour of eight Pacific nations….

Tasmania’s Resources Minister Guy Barnett has blamed a lodging error for his incorrect granting of a lease to a Chinese owned mining company at the site of a contentious mining proposal. Chinese-owned company MMG was granted the lease on an access track in the state’s northwest, near where it wants to build a new heavy…