Legislation & Regulation

Biden Administration Announces "The Final Rule" on WOTUS

Amendment to Deny Funding of BLM Land-Grab

Grassy Mountain Gold Mine, Plan of Operations

118th Congress 1st session

Mexican Government Begins Mining Industry Overhaul

Victory for Property Rights

Exploring Environmental Regulations and the Expansion of the EPA

March 2023

International Regulations On Seabed Mining To Be Issued This Year

Stocks have been on a run. The S&P 500 is up 14% from its June low; the NASDAQ 100 is up about 20%. Yet sentiment is dismal. 

• Extremist groups are at it again
• Trump-era actions on endangered species being reviewed again.
 

• Extremist groups are at it again
• No more sales tax on precious metals in Tennessee

The New Mexico settlement marks just the latest reached over the past year. Colorado and the Navajo Nation also have inked multimillion-dollar agreements…

• All bark but no bite
• Company looks to restart mining in Wisconsin

• Environmental groups push for more ESA listings
• Proposed grant program to recruit mining engineering students

I’m combining these columns this month because there is an overlapping issue I wanted to address -- the new Interior Department “working group” on mining reform

• Another setback for Twin Metals
• US Supreme Court to review case that challenges WOTUS

• WOTUS definition is changing again
• BLM HQ on the move again

• Big banks penalized for rigging gold price
• Mining royalties excluded from reconciliation bill