Canada’s Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson told a London audience the world is entering the “largest investment supercycle in the history of the metals and mining industry”, framing critical minerals as strategic inputs that will determine which economies can grow and compete. Ottawa’s updated Critical Minerals Strategy is backed by the proposed 240-page Building Canada Strong Act, aiming to cut federal approvals for major resource projects to a single-agency review completed within one year. The government links this streamlining to countering US tariffs and accelerating large energy, mining and export infrastructure developments.

Brazil’s Geological Survey (SGB) is advancing a 10‑year, 3.3‑billion‑real airborne geophysical survey plan that could grant co‑funders such as Petrobras and Vale temporary exclusive access to magnetics and conductivity data before it becomes public. Because Brazil’s Mining Code awards exploration rights to the first qualifying applicant, early access to regional datasets could let major backers secure prime copper, gold, iron ore, lithium and rare earths ground ahead of juniors. Industry groups including ABPM are pushing for strict safeguards, seeking exclusivity capped at six months, limited to co‑funded areas and with no mineral rights priority attached.

Greenland’s parliament has unanimously backed a resolution to ban seabed mineral extraction until at least the end of 2029, with possible two‑year extensions, directly countering US plans for “massive oil, gas and mineral exploration” announced by President Trump. The ban will cover prospective deep-sea mining of polymetallic nodules and other seabed resources, even as the US moves towards permitting such operations in international waters. For miners eyeing Greenland’s 28.2 Mt TREO Tanbreez rare earth project and wider critical mineral endowment, the decision sharply narrows options to land-based developments.