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  Given that the presidential elections in Mexico will be in June 2024, the time remaining for the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is short; however, the administration has left a controversial legacy for the mining industry,...

  Mexico's rich mineral resources have the potential to make it a prominent mining jurisdiction comparable to Canada. However, to achieve this goal, Mexico must address critical gaps and implement necessary changes. By adopting Canadian practices, such as the...

  Mining globally faces different challenges, geopolitical tensions (NATO expansion, war in Ukraine, and tensions around relations with Taiwan), de-dollarization (led mainly by the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa plus the Kingdom...

  The mining industry has had to adapt, targeting exploration at transition-critical deposits of these metals. Greater interest from the mining industries in lithium exploration has been observed in the triangle of Argentina, Chile and Bolivia. Mexico has...

  The challenge, when a mineral deposit is depleted and it is  no longer economically viable to continue operating, is the rehabilitation of the surrounding areas that were impacted and the dismantling of industrial facilities. Mining usually leaves a mark in the...

The world wants to advance to an economy that is based on renewable energy and electric mobility. This requires the supply of metals for the equipment that takes energy from the sun or the wind, as well as the metals that are required for electric mobility; therefore,...

Since 2018, the construction of the sodium cyanide production plant owned by US-based The Chemours Company has been suspended in the state of Durango and protests and discussions around restarting the plant are ongoing in 2021. Chemours was founded in July 2015 as...

  Metal mining is strongly anchored in Mexico’s history and has been a great pillar in the economic and social growth of many rural areas, where the presence and investment of the federal and state governments is minimal. In Latin America, sources of employment...