In this issue

Welcome to the new edition of MINE Magazine. 

Brexit will bring with it the potential to set up new trade deals for the import and export of raw materials, providing the opportunity to shore up the UK’s mineral supply chain. Can the UK overcome the significant challenges to reach a state of mineral independence?

Also, since 2014, the New York Declaration on Forests has aimed to do for deforestation what the Paris Agreement has since done for climate change. More than 200 endorsers aim to stop mining and other industries from damaging forests, jungles, and biodiversity. But in this time, the situation has only worsened.

Elsewhere, India’s mining industry is currently going through it’s greatest legislative shake up in a generation, with India’s Government claiming that reforming the sector is vital for the country’s economic growth. We look at what India’s mining reforms could mean for the industry.

For all this and more, read on.

Callum Tyndall, editor