Miners to Pay for Port Hedland Bypass Channel
Miners using Western Australia’s Port Hedland – BHP, Fortescue and Hancock Iron Ore – will foot the $50 million bill to construct the Zone 5 Bypass Channel. The project was fast‑tracked after Fortescue’s Nicola incident nearly forced the port to shut. The bypass will separate large bulk carriers from smaller vessels, easing congestion and reducing collision risk. Funding will shift from the state to the users, ensuring the port remains a reliable export gateway.
Viking Gets Nod for Tungsten Drilling Blitz in Nevada
Viking Mines has secured U.S. Bureau of Land Management approval to begin a 63‑hole, 48‑pad drilling campaign at its Linka tungsten project in Nevada, targeting the first subsurface exploration in over four decades. The program includes an 800‑metre southwest extension...
Goldman Says Central Bank Gold-Buying Stronger than Thought, to Reaccelerate
Goldman Sachs revised its model for sovereign gold purchases after discovering that official trade data missed outflows from London vaults starting in August 2025. The updated nowcast shows central banks buying about 50 tonnes of gold in March, far above the previous...
Mining Is Being Placed on the Frontburner in Zambia, and It’s Not Just About Copper
Zambia’s president Hakainde Hichilema is pushing a sweeping mining revival ahead of the Aug 13 election, targeting a jump from 0.64 Mt of copper to 3 Mt annually by the early 2030s. The agenda has attracted major investors, from BHP’s exploration plans to...
Kristie Batten: Power Putting New Rare Earths Project on the Fast Track
Power Minerals (ASX:PNN) completed a $6 million (≈US$4 million) acquisition of the Morro do Ferro rare‑earth project in Brazil and has appointed rare‑earth specialist Alistair Stephens as CEO. Stephens, who previously drove a small‑cap resource from a $30 million market cap to a...
Clean Energy’s Dirty Secret Lies in Critical Mineral Extraction
Demand for lithium, cobalt, copper, nickel and other critical minerals is set to double by 2030 and quadruple by 2050 as the world races to expand renewable‑energy and electric‑vehicle production. The surge is prompting governments to secure supply chains, but...
MP Materials’ Apple And Pentagon Deals Reshape US Magnet Growth Story
MP Materials secured a $500 million partnership with Apple to scale rare‑earth magnet production and recycling, while the U.S. Department of Defense pledged $400 million and a 10‑year guaranteed purchase agreement. The deals position MP as a domestic supplier for consumer electronics,...
DRC Is Sending in the Military to Guard Mines and Critical Minerals. Will It Be Enough?
The Democratic Republic of Congo announced a US‑UAE‑backed paramilitary unit to guard its mines and transport corridors, aiming to field up to 20,000 personnel by 2028. The initiative seeks to curb smuggling, replace corrupt security forces, and improve mineral traceability...
UCIL to Extract Uranium From Hindustan Copper's Tailings, to Set up Recovery Plant in Jharkhand: CMD
Uranium Corporation of India Ltd (UCIL) will build a plant in Jharkhand to extract uranium from the tailings of state‑run Hindustan Copper Ltd (HCL). The agreement turns low‑grade waste into a domestic uranium feedstock, supporting India’s civil‑nuclear and defence programmes....
US Allows Russia Oil Sales Waiver To Expire Despite Tight Market
The Trump administration let expire the temporary waiver that had permitted U.S. buyers to purchase Russian crude already on tankers, ending a brief easing of sanctions. The waiver, first issued in March and renewed in April, was intended to cushion...
Rio2 Reports First Quarter 2026 Financial Results and Operations Update
Rio2 Limited posted its first‑quarter 2026 results, marking the start of production at the newly commissioned Fenix Gold mine in Chile and the early cash‑flow contribution from the recently acquired Condestable copper mine in Peru. Consolidated output reached 7,849 ounces...
MAX Power Mining, Moose Jaw to Advance Natural Hydrogen Commercialization
Canadian junior MAX Power Mining (CSE: MAXX) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the City of Moose Jaw to advance the commercialization of natural hydrogen in Saskatchewan’s Regina‑Moose Jaw Industrial Corridor. The agreement targets the Lawson discovery, Canada’s first...
Trump Leaves Beijing with No Rare Earth Deal Confirmed
President Donald Trump returned from a two‑day summit in Beijing without securing a concrete rare‑earth agreement, despite touting the trip as a success. The United States is seeking more reliable access to rare‑earth minerals essential for electric vehicles, semiconductors and...
Water Shortages Are Quietly Killing Mining Projects — New Tech Rises to Fix It
Mining projects are increasingly derailed by water scarcity, as permitting timelines and community opposition turn water into a core economic constraint. Experts note that water permits can add two to four years to schedules, a factor often omitted from early...
Moose Jaw Backs Max Power’s Natural Hydrogen Ambitions
Max Power, a Canadian clean‑energy startup, announced that the city of Moose Jaw will back its natural hydrogen project with financial incentives, land access and workforce training. The partnership aims to produce roughly 10,000 tonnes of low‑carbon hydrogen per year, leveraging carbon‑capture...
Goldman Adds SMRs to Nuclear Model, Sees 17% Upside in Uranium Demand
Goldman Sachs has revised its nuclear power model to include roughly 46 GW of small modular reactor (SMR) capacity by 2045, raising its nuclear generation outlook by 6% and adding 62 million lb of uranium demand – a 17% increase over previous forecasts....
TD Securities Reiterates “Buy” Rating On Uranium Energy (UEC) Following Q2 Fiscal 2026 Results
TD Securities reiterated its "Buy" rating on Uranium Energy Corp. (UEC) after the company posted Q2 fiscal 2026 results and announced production at the Hobson Central Processing Plant, the first new U.S. in‑situ recovery (ISR) uranium mine in over a...
Nouveau Monde to Proceed with G7’s Biggest Graphite Mine
Nouveau Monde Graphite confirmed a final investment decision for its Matawinie graphite mine in Quebec, completing a $309.7 million equity raise and bringing total project funding to roughly $644.5 million. The open‑pit mine, slated to start construction soon, will produce about 106,000 tonnes...
DRC Mining Cadastre Reports Strong Revenue Growth and Advances in Mining Title Reforms
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Mining Cadastre (CAMI) reported a sharp rise in state revenues, remitting $32.4 million in 2024 versus $11 million in 2023. Over the past two years the agency recovered about 50,000 sq km of mining land through streamlined title management....
Zambia Approves Limited Sulphuric Acid Exports to DRC as Copper Smelters Resume Shipments
Zambia has approved limited sulphuric acid exports to the Democratic Republic of Congo, easing a ban that began in September. The move enables Chambishi Copper Smelter and Mopani Copper Mines to restart shipments of the chemical essential for copper and...
Newcore Announces Upsized $15 Million Bought Deal
Newcore Gold Ltd. announced an upsized $15 million bought‑deal financing, increasing the offering from $10 million to 28.3 million common shares priced at C$0.53 each, with closing expected by May 28, 2025. The proceeds will fund exploration and development of the Enchi Gold Project in...
UK Moves to Ban New North Sea Oil and Gas Licences Permanently
The UK government’s Energy Independence Bill will permanently ban new oil and gas licences in the North Sea, fulfilling Labour’s pre‑election clean‑energy pledge. The move comes as oil prices have surged amid the Iran conflict, intensifying scrutiny over Britain’s energy...
From Variability to Control, Molycop's OreVia Platform
Molycop has launched OreVia, a real‑time process characterisation platform that monitors rock, slurry and froth conditions across comminution and flotation circuits. The system gives operators continuous visibility, allowing proactive adjustments to feed strategy, grinding media and froth stability. Deployments report...
Grinding Efficiency at the Centre of the Energy Transition
Grinding circuits, which can consume up to 40% of a mine’s electricity, are now a board‑level focus as mining firms chase lower costs and carbon footprints. ABB’s gearless mill drive (GMD) technology replaces traditional gearboxes with a synchronous ring motor,...
Hindustan Zinc Aims to Unlock ₹2,000 Cr in Value Through AI Push
Hindustan Zinc Ltd, part of Vedanta, announced at Zinnovation 2026 that it will pursue an AI‑led transformation worth about ₹2,000 crore (roughly $240 million). The initiative, run with V‑Spark DeepTech Ventures, targets productivity, cost, asset reliability, energy efficiency, safety, recoveries and faster decision‑making...
Velesto Lines up Multi-Well Offshore Rig Job in Southeast Asia
Malaysia’s Velesto Energy has landed a charter contract with Hibiscus Oil & Gas to provide a jack‑up rig for a 2026 offshore drilling campaign. The agreement, Velesto’s first asset‑light arrangement, includes drilling eight plug‑and‑abandonment wells, one exploration well and up...
The Tech Download: Trump's China Visit Left Chip Export Issue Unresolved, with Rare Earths Deal Still Uncertain
President Donald Trump’s May 2026 visit to China, accompanied by top U.S. tech CEOs, failed to address the looming chip export control dispute, leaving Nvidia’s H200 AI chip sales to Chinese firms in limbo. The bilateral talks also left the...
Lithium Americas Sees up to $120M Tariff Hit on Thacker Pass
Lithium Americas disclosed that U.S. steel tariffs, inflation linked to the Iran‑Houthi conflict, and shipping disruptions could increase construction costs at its Thacker Pass lithium project by $80 million to $120 million. The company now projects Phase 1 spending between $1.3 billion and $1.6 billion,...
Lithium Americas Sees up to $120M Tariff Hit on Thacker Pass
Lithium Americas disclosed that U.S. tariffs, fuel-price spikes and Middle‑East‑linked inflation could increase construction costs at its Thacker Pass lithium mine by $80 million to $120 million. The company’s Phase 1 capital estimate now exceeds the original $2.93 billion forecast as it moves toward...
Building a Mine-to-MREC Value Chain From Malawi to Kazakhstan
Lindian Resources, an Australian‑listed miner, announced a vertically integrated mine‑to‑MREC (metal rare‑earth concentrate) value chain that will move rare‑earth ore from its Kangankunde project in Malawi to a new processing facility in Kazakhstan. The plan, detailed at a recent stakeholder...
Indonesia’s Nickel Dominance Reshapes Global Supply Outlook
Global nickel output rose 6.1% in 2025, driven almost entirely by Indonesia’s aggressive expansion across sites such as Weda Bay, Gag Island and Morowali. Brazil and Canada added modest gains, while Australia’s production plunged 58.6% and the Philippines saw declines...
Perseus Continues to Progress Tanzania Project to First Gold
Perseus Mining’s 80%-owned Nyanzaga gold project in Tanzania is moving toward first gold production in the first quarter of 2027. Four of the seven carbon‑in‑leach (CIL) tanks have reached full height and the original‑equipment‑manufacturer has begun mill installation. The camp...
UAE Speeds Up Pipeline Project to Help Bypass Hormuz
The United Arab Emirates has ordered the fast‑track construction of the West‑East oil pipeline, aiming to double its Fujairah export capacity by 2027 and provide a reliable bypass of the Strait of Hormuz. Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin...
Caturus Takes FID on Commonwealth LNG Project in Louisiana
Caturus announced a final investment decision for its Commonwealth LNG export project in Louisiana after securing $9.75 billion in project financing. The total capital commitments now stand at $21.25 billion for a 9.5 million‑tonne‑per‑annum facility slated to start operations in 2030. Long‑term offtake...
Nigeria: Nigeria's Mining Data Exists Online, but Communities Most Affected Cannot Access It
Nigeria’s mining oversight is digitized, yet rural communities near Shiroro cannot access the online licensing and environmental data. Residents of Ajata Aboki and Farin Doki see the Onato stream polluted by artisanal and possibly foreign gold mining, yet they cannot identify operators...
Resolution on First Hole in Campaign to Define Scale of Golden Gate Tungsten and Gold
Resolution Minerals has begun the first hole of a 13,700‑meter diamond core drilling campaign at its Golden Gate project in Idaho, aiming to delineate the extent of gold and tungsten mineralisation across up to 45 holes. The program follows encouraging...
Clean TeQ Water Wins Rasp Mine Tailings Dewatering Plant Contract From Broken Hill Mines
Clean TeQ Water has been awarded a design‑and‑construct contract by Broken Hill Operations to build a 750,000‑tonne‑per‑year ATA tailings dewatering plant at the Rasp Mine in New South Wales. The plant will replace higher‑cost solar drying, enabling the mine to...
Ariana Grows Dokwe Footprint as Drilling Extends Gold Beyond Resource Boundary
Ariana Resources announced that recent reverse‑circulation (RC) drilling at its Dokwe gold project in Zimbabwe has pushed gold mineralisation at Dokwe North more than 150 m beyond the current resource envelope and remains open along strike. The best intercepts include 22 m...
Found Industries Aims to Strengthen America’s Industrial Supply Chains
Found Industries, originally founded as Found Energy, is launching a new division called Found Metals to extract the critical metal gallium from aluminum refinery streams. The move addresses U.S. reliance on China, which supplied 99% of global gallium in 2024,...
Hormuz Oil Flows Creep Higher as More Supertankers Exit
The number of supertankers exiting the Strait of Hormuz has risen, with four VLCCs—each carrying roughly 2 million barrels—departing since May 10, approaching a flow of about 2 million barrels per day. This is a modest increase compared with pre‑war traffic of roughly...
Anglo American’s ‘Digital Mine’ Claims Challenged in New Peru Report
Anglo American’s flagship Quellaveco copper project in Peru is billed as a ‘digital mine’ that uses real‑time sensors, AI analytics and autonomous equipment to boost efficiency and cut environmental impact. A new NGO‑led report challenges those claims, highlighting gaps in...
This Driverless Chinese Mining Truck Is Giant, Agile, and Shows the Industrial Future of AI
The Shuanglin K7 is a 45‑foot‑long, 110‑ton autonomous mining truck that boasts Level‑4 AI, allowing it to operate without a human driver. Its drive‑by‑wire system lets each wheel act independently, enabling 360° rotation and crab‑style lateral movement. Developers Shuanglin Group...
Ecuador on Cusp of Chinese-Driven Mining Boom
Chinese mining giant Jiangxi Copper Corp completed a $1.2 billion acquisition of SolGold, taking full control of Ecuador’s Cascabel copper project. The mine, slated to become the world’s largest underground silver, third‑largest gold and sixth‑largest copper operation, could move toward construction...
Can Helium-3 Create a ‘Gold Rush’ on the Moon?
Helium‑3, a rare isotope prized for quantum‑computing cooling, advanced medical imaging, and potential fusion fuel, is abundant on the lunar surface where solar wind implants it in ilmenite‑rich regolith. Scientists estimate up to a billion kilograms could be harvested, sparking...
Master Drilling Commissions First Remote Drilling System in Canada
Master Drilling has commissioned its first remote drilling system in Canada at Agnico Eagle’s Odyssey Mine in Quebec. The RD7 machine, mounted on a 65‑ton rig, drilled a 220‑meter hole using a 5.5‑meter reamer, all controlled from a surface control...
Permian Gas Glut Means Producers Are Paying Buyers to Haul It Away
The Permian Basin is experiencing a severe natural‑gas glut, pushing spot prices to a record low of –$9.60 per MMBtu and even forcing producers to pay buyers to take the gas. Companies such as Diamondback Energy and EQT have curtailed...
Mine Restarts Support West Africa’s Gold Recovery in 2026
Mine operators across West Africa are restarting previously idle gold mines, a move set to boost regional output as early as 2026. Ghana, still the continent’s top gold producer, will lead the rebound, supported by the reopening of the Obuasi...
MOBX to Acquire U.S. Defense Rare Earth, Critical Minerals Company
Mobix Labs (Nasdaq: MOBX) announced a non‑binding Letter of Intent to acquire Special Project Delivery LLC, a U.S. firm that builds sovereign supply chains for rare earth elements, critical minerals and energy‑storage materials. The deal would extend Mobix’s existing national‑security...
Endurance Reports Drilling Underway at Reliance Gold Project and Second Rig Mobilized
Endurance Gold Corp. has begun drilling at its wholly‑owned Reliance Gold Project in southern British Columbia, launching an 8,000‑metre diamond program on May 1. A second drill rig is being mobilized to speed up testing of the Eagle and Imperial zones,...
Titan, Teck Seek Germanium From Zinc Tailings
Titan Mining (NYSE: TII) and Teck Resources (NYSE: TECK) have signed a cooperation agreement to extract up to 13,000 kg of germanium per year from Titan’s Empire State zinc mine in New York. At current market prices of $5,800‑$8,600 per kilogram, the...