Eclipse Shares Surge on Big Upgrade at Greenland Rare Earths Play
Eclipse Metals shares surged up to 80% after the company announced a 234% increase in the size of its Grønnedal rare‑earth project in southwest Greenland, reporting 208 million tonnes of total rare‑earth oxides (TREO) at a 0.72% grade and 456,000 tonnes of neodymium‑praseodymium. The update also introduced a maiden indicated resource of 6 million tonnes at 0.71% TREO and highlighted by‑product potential for gallium and scandium. Situated in a stable Greenland jurisdiction, the project aligns with Western efforts to diversify critical‑mineral supply chains away from China. Feasibility work is underway and further drilling is planned for the 2026 field season.
Western Gold Resources Extends Toll Milling Agreement for Gold Duke
Western Gold Resources has secured a six‑month extension to its toll‑milling agreement with Wiluna Mining Corporation, ensuring that all Stage 1 ore from the Gold Duke project can be processed at the Matilda plant. Stage 1 targets 686,000 tonnes grading 2.1 g/t for...
Solaris Resources (TSX:SLS) Receives EIA Technical Approval for Warintza Copper Project
Solaris Resources announced that Ecuador’s Ministry of Environment and Energy has granted technical approval for the Environmental Impact Assessment of its Warintza copper project. The approval clears a major permitting hurdle after an 18‑month review and enables the company to...
Locksley Taps Columbia Uni Tech to Fast-Track US Rare Earths
Locksley Resources has teamed with Columbia University to develop faster, cleaner processing routes for bastnaesite‑rich rare‑earth ores at its Mojave project in California. The collaboration is mapping rare‑earth distribution, testing leaching and molten‑salt electrolysis methods, and refining spectroscopic detection techniques....
'Deeply Unjust': Could a Rush for Critical Minerals Harm the World's Most Vulnerable Communities
A new United Nations report warns that the surge in demand for critical minerals such as lithium and cobalt is creating severe, hidden environmental and health crises in low‑income regions of Africa and South America. While wealthy nations benefit from...
WM Cites Recycling as a Factor in Earnings Growth
WM reported a 13.5% rise in first‑quarter net income to $723 million, driven by disciplined pricing, cost optimization and sustainability projects. The blended price for single‑stream recycled commodities dropped to about $65 per ton from $88 a year earlier, yet recycling...
Off-Grid Gold Mine Achieves Record 93.8 Pct Renewables Share over Whole Month
The off‑grid Bellevue gold mine in Western Australia recorded a 93.8% share of wind and solar power in February, the highest monthly renewable contribution for any remote mining operation. Over the March quarter the 90 MW hybrid plant averaged 85.2% renewable...
Terra Links Discovery Zones as Southwest Platinum Group Metals Find Continues to Grow
Terra Metals announced that infill drilling has linked two previously separate intercepts at its Southwest discovery within the Dante project in Western Australia, revealing a continuous 172.4‑metre zone of PGM‑copper‑nickel mineralisation. The interval grades 1.11 g/t PGE3, 0.11% copper and 0.15%...
Lodestar Minerals Confirms Visible Copper in Second Three Saints Drill Hole
Lodestar Minerals announced visible copper and iron‑oxide mineralisation in its second diamond drill hole (L3SDD004) at the Three Saints project in Chile’s Atacama region. The hole intersected copper‑bearing minerals from 219 m to 510 m depth, extending the IOCG‑style system identified in...
Mining Contractors Prepare for Growth as Activity Rebounds, Says Grant Thornton
Grant Thornton’s latest report shows mining contractors are gearing up for a new growth phase as commodity prices rebound, especially for gold, copper and lithium. Contractors are adopting profit‑sharing and joint‑venture contract models, diversifying portfolios and tightening capital discipline to...
Austral Resources Accelerating Towards 50,000tpa Copper Production Target
Austral Resources Australia is accelerating toward a 50,000‑tonne‑per‑year copper output by leveraging a dual‑hub model that pairs the Mt Kelly oxide plant with the Rocklands sulphide facility. Recent operational upgrades pushed Mt Kelly’s heap‑leach stacking to a record 194,193 tonnes in a single...
India Flags Data Gaps as Global Coal Mine Methane Emissions Remain Flat Since 2021: Ember
Coal mining released roughly 35 million tonnes of methane in 2023, a level comparable to oil and gas emissions, and global coal‑mine methane (CMM) output has not moved since 2021. India’s latest report shows 1.2 million tonnes for 2024, yet the IEA’s...
Seismic Velocity Tomography Predicts Mining-Induced Rockburst Risks
A study in Scientific Reports shows that passive seismic velocity tomography can forecast mining‑induced rockbursts with over 86% accuracy. By mapping high P‑wave velocity zones, researchers linked these anomalies to future seismic events at the 1,100‑meter‑deep Xingcun Coal Mine in...
Carbon Direct and Arca Announce Collaboration on Industrial Mineralisation Technology
Carbon Direct and Arca have teamed up to commercialise Arca’s Industrial Mineralisation (IMin) carbon‑dioxide removal technology, which speeds up natural mineral carbonation in mine waste. After an 18‑month pilot with BHP that demonstrated net CO₂ removal, the partners plan to...
Sandvik Grows PNG Footprint as Porgera Attempts 100K Oz
Sandvik announced an expansion of its Lae service center in Papua New Guinea, boosting support for more than 40 mining machines and adding new repair and rebuild capabilities. The upgrade includes a Remote Monitoring Service to predict equipment failures and...
Canaan, Tether Deepen Partnership on Immersion-Cooled Mining Systems
Canaan announced an additional order from stablecoin issuer Tether for high‑density, immersion‑cooled Bitcoin mining modules destined for a South American facility. The deal expands a prior R&D collaboration and includes an option for further purchases, giving Tether flexibility to scale...
Drilling Has Begun at Our Sacred Site Pe' Sla, Setting a Dangerous Precedent for Indigenous Lands Across the Country. It...
Drilling has started in the 2‑mile buffer around Pe' Sla, a federally protected sacred site in South Dakota, after the U.S. Forest Service issued a permit for exploratory graphite mining. The project uses a categorical exclusion, bypassing a full NEPA environmental...
Oilfield Services Majors Bank on Flood of Oil, Gas Projects Linked to Middle East War
Oilfield‑services giants Baker Hughes, Halliburton and SLB say a wave of new oil and gas projects is likely as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran tightens global energy demand. Their latest quarterly earnings highlight expectations for a surge in upstream contracts...
Tether Collaborates on Bitcoin Mining with Canaan, ACME Swisstech
Tether announced a partnership with chipmaker Canaan and mining services firm ACME Swisstech to launch a modular Bitcoin mining infrastructure. The collaboration introduces the Mining Development Kit (MDK), an open‑source framework that lets operators tune compute, cooling and upgrades independently....
Mariana Minerals Starts Its Copper Mine
Mariana Minerals has restarted the Copper One mine in Utah, formerly known as Lisbon Valley, positioning it as an autonomous‑first copper producer. Backed by Silicon Valley capital, the project aims to leverage end‑to‑end automation to cut operating costs and boost...
Envusa Energy Confirms Supply of Renewable Energy to Key Mines
Envusa Energy, a joint venture between Anglo American and EDF Power Solutions, inaugurated its 520 MW Koruson 2 (K2) renewable‑energy cluster in South Africa, connecting 380 MW of solar and wind power to more than ten mining sites. The R15 billion (~$790 million) investment includes the...
Silver One Posts Rock Sampling Assays and Updates Geophysical Surveys at Phoenix Silver Project, Arizona
Silver One Resources reported that surface rock sampling at its Phoenix Silver Project in Arizona returned high-grade results, including up to 6.97% copper and 5,007 g/t silver. A drone‑borne magnetometry survey over the famed 417 area identified a 1‑km east‑west magnetic...
Union Pacific Settles Dispute with Rail Supplier, Reaches 7-Year Agreement
Union Pacific Railroad settled a legal dispute with Rocky Mountain Steel Mills by signing a new seven‑year contract to source domestic steel rails. The agreement keeps the Pueblo, Colorado mill as a key supplier and coincides with a $1 billion investment...
Mining's Great Consolidation: Why Efficiency Will Decide the Winners
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Rise in Copper Sulphate Prices Increase Cultivation Costs for Coffee, Arecanut Growers
Copper sulphate prices in India have surged about 70% year‑on‑year, climbing from roughly ₹270 ($3.3) per kilogram to over ₹450 ($5.5) now, driven by higher copper and sulphuric‑acid costs. The chemical is essential for Bordeaux‑mixture fungicide used on coffee and...
Cleanova: Tailings Management for Operational Continuity
Cleanova, traditionally a filtration specialist for energy and marine sectors, is extending its technology to mining tailings management. By deploying advanced filtration systems, the company aims to improve solids separation, recycle water, and enhance tailings stability, thereby supporting continuous mine...
Verosoft Powers Enterprise Mining Platform for SMPC Operations
Verosoft has introduced an enterprise‑grade mining platform that uses secure multi‑party computation (SMPC) to let multiple stakeholders analyze shared data without exposing proprietary information. The system blends AI‑driven data mining, seismic modeling and real‑time operational feeds, supporting projects from a...
Ghana Gambles On Gold Royalties
Ghana introduced a sliding‑scale gold royalty that rises to 12% once the spot price passes $4,500 per ounce, immediately placing the country’s major miners in the highest tax bracket as gold traded above $5,000. The sector, which produced a record...
American Rare Earths Accelerates Wyoming Pilot Plant Project
American Rare Earths, through its U.S. arm Wyoming Rare, has accelerated the pilot‑plant phase of its Halleck Creek rare‑earth project in Wyoming. The first two processing stages—milling, sizing and mineral separation—will be performed locally with Western Research Institute and DISA...
South32 and Eskom in Talks over Hillside Smelter Power Supply Following Closure of Mozal
South32 and Eskom have launched a joint working group to negotiate a long‑term electricity supply for the Hillside aluminium smelter after the Mozal plant in Mozambique was placed on care and maintenance on March 15. The Mozal shutdown eliminated roughly...
Australia’s ARC Training Centre for IOCR Announces Four New Commercialisable Mining Technologies
Australia’s Australian Research Council Training Centre for Integrated Operations for Complex Resources (IOCR) has announced four world‑leading mining technologies that have completed research validation and are now ready for industry pilots. The suite includes rapid orebody model updating via integrated...
SLB Rolls Out AlphaSight Reservoir Mapping Solution
SLB has launched AlphaSight, a high‑resolution reservoir mapping and geosteering platform that delivers real‑time subsurface insight at unprecedented depths. The solution, part of SLB’s Sight family, combines advanced measurement technologies to improve well placement and reservoir contact. Field trials across...
ARM Makes Strategic Marketing Step Towards Re-Opening Nkomati Nickel
South African miner African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) has moved toward restarting its mothballed Nkomati nickel mine by signing a conditional off‑take agreement with Boliden Commercial AB. The deal secures a multi‑year supply of nickel concentrate to Boliden’s Harjavalta smelter, the...
Hormuz Deadlock Spurs Landbridge Developments
The Hormuz blockade is prompting Saudi Arabia and Egypt to build a landbridge logistics corridor that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz, linking Gulf ports to the Mediterranean via rail and sea. The route will run across Saudi to Red Sea...
Sandvik Strengthens Investment in Papua New Guinea to Support Growing Mining Industry
Sandvik Mining is deepening its foothold in Papua New Guinea by expanding its Lae facilities and boosting local capabilities. The company now supports more than 40 pieces of underground and surface equipment and employs 24 staff across Lae and Porgera....
Singapore Company Seeks Eagle Gold Mine
Singapore‑based Boroo Pte. Ltd. has entered an exclusivity agreement with PwC to potentially purchase the Eagle Gold Mine in Yukon, which has been under court‑appointed receivership since a 2024 heap‑leach pad collapse. The deal gives Boroo time for due diligence...
Copper Giant Secures Development Framework for Colombia Project
Copper Giant Resources secured a unified mining concession for its Mocoa copper‑molybdenum project after Colombia's National Mining Agency merged titles FJT‑131 and FJT‑141. The integration eliminates overlap with protected areas and keeps the existing 4.6 billion‑pound copper and 511 million‑pound molybdenum resource...
Transocean Rig Hard at Work on Beach Energy’s Second Stage of Australian Drilling Campaign
Beach Energy has kicked off the second phase of its offshore drilling campaign in Australia’s Otway Basin, deploying the Transocean Equinox rig after a brief quarter‑end pause. The program includes a well intervention at Thylacine West and the plug‑and‑abandonment of...
Ghana: Minister Revokes Adamus Resources Leases Over Illegal Mining
Ghana's Minister for Lands and Natural Resources revoked Adamus Resources Limited's Akango, Salman and Nkroful mining leases after investigations uncovered illegal mining, unauthorized subcontracting, and missing permits. The Minerals Commission found breaches of the 2006 Minerals and Mining Act, the...
Intelligence Newsletter - 28/04/2026
A Mining IQ Leadership Survey reveals that 51.6% of industry professionals view public trust in mining as low or very low, despite 82% acknowledging significant ESG improvements over the past decade. Only 11.9% rate trust as high or very high,...
Rotogran Engineers Granulator for Under-Shredder Shock Loading
Rotogran International has launched the WO‑2260‑XHD Severe Duty Granulator, engineered specifically for under‑shredder shock loading in stacked shredder/granulator systems. The machine features a 20% heavier rotor, a 15% larger shaft, reinforced blade mounts, and a frame with doubled wall thickness,...
Desert Gold Initiates Phase One RC Drilling in Mali
Desert Gold Ventures has launched a 4,250‑metre phase‑one reverse‑circulation drilling campaign at its Senegal‑Mali Shear Zone (SMSZ) project in western Mali. The program targets five zones—Koussili, GWN, Mogoyafara South, Barani Gap and Kolon‑Soa—and is slated for completion in the first...
Liberia: Landowners Cry Foul As Mining Expands - 'Our Land Is Under Siege' In Marshall Dispute
Landowners in Marshall, Margibi County have accused AfriRock Investment Inc. (operating as ZHOU QI TAO) of illegally expanding sand‑mining on 1.2 acres of their property. The Environmental Protection Agency issued a stop order in January 2026, yet mining continued and...
Barrick Advances IPO of North American Gold Assets, Announces Executive Appointments
Barrick Mining announced the formation of a dedicated executive team to run a new vehicle that will hold its North American gold assets, including Nevada Gold Mines, the Pueblo Viejo mine, and the Fourmile discovery. The unit, dubbed North American...
Pulva Corp. Offers USA-Made Replacement Parts From Stock
Pulva Corp., based in Valencia, Pennsylvania, now offers a stocked inventory of U.S.-made OEM-quality replacement parts for hammer mills, ball mills, sand mills and other pulverizers. The parts—including screens, rotors, liners, bearings and accessories—are machined on‑site and can be shipped...
Four More Wells Set to Come Online in Months Ahead Offshore Ghana
Tullow Ghana will bring four additional wells online between June and September 2026, raising net output on the Jubilee field to about 35 kbopd. Two producers are already operating, and the schedule aligns with extended petroleum contracts through 2040. Water‑flood optimization...
Russia-Linked LNG Carriers Head North After Reflagging, Signalling Arctic Fleet Expansion
Four former Omani LNG carriers, sold for roughly $110 million, have been re‑flagged under the Russian register and are now steaming north toward Murmansk. The vessels—Kosmos, Merkuriy, Luch and Orion—were renamed multiple times and are linked to Turkish‑controlled firms, though ultimate...
Block Energy Plans Strategic Entry Offshore Gabon
Block Energy has signed a conditional agreement with Pilgrim Exploration to invest in Gabon's offshore Ndjila and Mpari production‑sharing contracts. The company will raise $6.3 million via an accelerated book‑build and retail equity offering, using the proceeds to fund a $6 million...
DRC Orders Nationwide Audit to Track Mining Export Revenues and Strengthen Foreign Exchange Controls
The Democratic Republic of Congo will launch a nationwide audit within 30 days to trace mining export revenues from shipment through foreign‑currency repatriation to final government collection. President Félix Tshisekedi highlighted the move as a response to record copper and...
Tailings Transparency Remains Under-Researched Despite Growing Scrutiny, Study Finds
A new systematic review of 945 peer‑reviewed papers finds that academic research on mine tailings transparency lags behind expanding industry disclosure requirements. While global standards now demand detailed reporting after high‑profile dam failures, the literature remains thin on how such...