Panama’s Cobre Panamá Audit: Leverage For First Quantum But Not Yet A Restart
Panama’s long-awaited audit of Cobre Panamá has not settled the future of First Quantum Minerals’ shuttered copper mine but it has made the next fight more concrete. Instead of a binary debate over whether the project should exist, the government now has a technical file it can use to define conditions, demand remediation, test public […]
Canadian Retail Sales Rose 0.5% in April but Consumer Spending Remains Strained
A pump-driven surge at gas stations and a run of strong auto sales pushed Canadian retail trade up 0.5% to $73 billion in April, but the headline figure obscures a deteriorating picture beneath the surface, with core spending falling for the second month running. Strip out gas stations and auto dealers and the numbers look […]
Iran Closes Hormuz Again Despite Peace Deal After Israel Strikes Lebanon
Oil traders were not handed a peace deal this week but a contract with three different enforcement mechanisms and one major party outside the room. Iran’s reported move to again restrict the Strait of Hormuz after Israeli strikes in Lebanon has turned the new US-Iran framework into a test of leverage rather than diplomacy. The […]
Iran Moves to Control Hormuz Transit with Mandatory Insurance Scheme
Iran’s newly created Persian Gulf Strait Authority has imposed mandatory insurance requirements on all vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, demanding that ships carry a coverage policy approved by Tehran before receiving a passage permit. The insurance carries no charge during an initial 60-day window, but Tehran has explicitly reserved the right to introduce fees […]
Alamos Gold Trims Guidance After Seismic Events Rattle Young-Davidson
Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI) cut its second quarter production outlook on Thursday after two seismic events struck its Young-Davidson mine last week, damaging infrastructure and locking the company out of higher grade ore it had counted on for the quarter. One of the events occurred at an active mining front. No one was hurt, but […]
Silver Elephant Sues Andean Precious Metals Over Lost Bolivian Silver Contract
Silver Elephant Mining (TSX: ELEF) has taken its long running feud with Andean Precious Metals (TSX: APM) to court, filing a Notice of Civil Claim in the Supreme Court of British Columbia that accuses Andean of muscling it out of a major Bolivian silver project. The claim, brought by Silver Elephant alongside subsidiaries Apogee Minerals […]
Canadian Gold Maps Out 2026 Drill Plans Across Three Québec Projects
Canadian Gold Resources Ltd. (TSXV: CAN) has laid out an exploration plan for 2026 that spans all three of its wholly owned projects on Québec’s Gaspé Peninsula, including the Lac Arsenault, Robidoux, and VG Boulder projects.
Mexico Just Gave Workers the Legal Right to Ignore Their Boss After Hours—and a Shorter Workweek by 2030
Mexico just gave 13.5 million workers the legal right to ignore their boss’s calls, messages, and emails after their shift ends. It also cut the working week to 40 hours by 2030. And it made it unconstitutional for employers to cut anyone’s pay in response.
What Cuba’s Free-Market Reforms Actually Mean
Cuba’s Communist Party just approved its most sweeping economic reforms since the revolution. Here’s what’s actually in them, why they happened now, and why the history suggests caution.
Putin’s ‘Adoring Crowd’ in Kazan Were Paid Extras—His Own Bodyguard Said So on Camera
Putin flew to Kazan for a two-day ASEAN summit — and a bodyguard accidentally revealed his hero’s welcome was staged.