At the invitation of the House of Commons National Defence Standing Committee, MiningWatch Canada submitted a brief to contribute to the Committee’s Study on the Nexus Between National Defence, National Security, and the Critical Minerals Sector in Canada.
This report back includes:
Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.com
Deep-sea mining hopeful The Metals Company (Nasdaq: TMC) reported on Friday a wider annual loss for 2025 as it advances plans for a US-based polymetallic nodule processing hub and takes steps to strengthen its regulatory position.
Trump official disclosed millions of dollars of shares in Canadian mining company.
Amid Prime Minister Mark Carney’s calls that the Canada-U.S. relationship is ruptured, Ottawa has committed $175 million to a mining project in northern Quebec whose major U.S. investor is closely linked to the Trump administration.
Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson says the Carney government’s support for the rare earth mine is necessary to protect Canadian jobs and the economy.
A new independent analysis of the pre-feasibility study (PFS) produced by The Metals Company (TMC) has found that on its own numbers, this project makes zero profit then collapses, raising serious questions about the project’s financial and technical credibility.
Yesterday, people from the small Philippine Island of Marinduque came together to commemorate the mining disaster of March 24, 1996, that filled their Boac River with mine waste from the mountains, where the Marcopper Mine was located, to the sea. The mine was closed after the disaster and remains so.
Shanna Hanbury, Mongabay
A First Nation in Canada’s subarctic Northwest Territories has received C$1.5 million ($1.1 million) in federal funding to explore for elements on its traditional lands.
Thirty years ago today, on the Philippine Island of Marinduque, people woke up to the largest mining disaster in Philippine history unfolding outside their homes. A major river on the island was filling up with mine waste from the mountains to the sea after a mine waste containment structure at the Marcopper Mine failed.
On Monday, March 13, Rodrigue Turgeon, MiningWatch Canada's National Program Co-Lead, presented a brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence as part of its study on the links between national defence, national security, and critical minerals.
Henry Lazenby, the Northern Miner
Canada’s critical-minerals fragility lies more with what happens after ore leaves the ground than the ore in the ground, witnesses told a parliamentary panel this week.
In the House defence committee on Monday, MPs discussed how mining relates to refining and control of the value chain and how that matters for Canadian sovereignty.
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