1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (427+ words) HOUSTON, March 24 (Reuters) - Canadian "officials spoke to Trump administration representatives about a proposed revival of part of the cancelled Keystone "XL oil pipeline in a meeting in Houston this week, Canada's Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson said Tuesday. The project…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago  (350+ words) The Vatican on Friday launched an international project encouraging disinvestment from the mining sector, in an unusual initiative by the Catholic Church to steer investments away from a specific industry. Officials said the new initiative, backed by senior Church leaders…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (502+ words) A senior House Democrat accused US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Thursday of structuring Washington's $1.58 billion investment into USA Rare Earth in a way that gives the government "highly concerning" leverage over the company while boosting Lutnick's family-run investment firm....

5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (455+ words) Some analysts still feel it is unlikely the Fed will end up with "two popes" - a reference to a medieval schism in the Catholic Church - and feel the current back and forth between Powell and the Republican senators who back…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (614+ words) Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez said on Wednesday a reform of the country's main mining law will be submitted in coming days to the country's legislature, after a meeting in Caracas with US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, where…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (327+ words) Ecuador's National Assembly on Thursday approved reforms proposed by President Daniel Noboa aimed at boosting the nation's mining sector, but that have been criticized by environmentalists and indigenous groups. The changes include modifications to environmental permitting processes, part of an…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (247+ words) The world faces the most intense competition for power and resources since World War Two amid widespread rights violations in conflicts in Sudan, Gaza, Myanmar and Ukraine, the United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk said on Monday. "A fierce…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (400+ words) WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The Senate Banking Committee will proceed with confirmation hearings for Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump's pick to head the Federal Reserve, despite a key senator's hold on the nomination, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday. "I…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (666+ words) WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Friday chose former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh to head the U.S. central bank when Jerome Powell's leadership term ends in May, giving a frequent Fed critic a chance to put his idea "of…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1683+ words) After an incredible year for investors of junior resource stocks, who benefitted handsomely as gold, silver, and copper prices tallied fresh record highs during a single calendar year for the first time since 1980,the new year has literally started off…...