ZCCM-IH Aims for Bigger Stakes in Zambian Mines
ZCCM Investments Holdings, Zambia’s state investment arm, is moving to increase its minority stakes in several copper mines, including raising its share in Lubambe to 30% and in Mingomba to 25%. The strategy is part of a broader national push to lift copper output to three million tonnes by 2031, driven by soaring demand for electric‑vehicle and clean‑energy metals. ZCCM‑IH plans to secure free‑carry portions of 5‑15% on licences and extend its royalty‑to‑revenue model to more assets. The firm may also hire a financial adviser to fund the expansion.
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...
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...
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...
Larvotto Completes Metallurgical Testwork of Hillgrove Tailings
Larvotto Resources completed initial metallurgical flotation tests on the Hillgrove Antimony‑Gold Project’s legacy tailings in New South Wales. The tests recovered 80‑95% of antimony and 40‑75% of gold, matching the flotation process slated for the plant restart in August 2026....
Uranium Supply Gains Momentum as Nuclear Energy Returns to the Spotlight
Global uranium production rose 6.1% in 2025, with Kazakhstan accounting for 39% of supply and the United States more than quadrupling output to 1,316 tonnes. The U.S. Department of Energy added uranium to the 2025 Critical Minerals list, signaling heightened policy...
Equinox and Orla Announce Merger to Create $18.5bn Gold Producer
Equinox Gold and Orla Mining have signed a definitive agreement to merge, forming a North American gold producer valued at roughly $18.5 billion. The combined entity, retaining the Equinox name, will target 1.1 million ounces of gold annually, with potential to reach...
Great Southern Copper Begins Drilling at Artemisa North
Great Southern Copper has begun scout reverse‑circulation drilling at the Artemisa North porphyry copper target in Chile’s Especularita Project. The program includes four holes aimed at testing a phyllic alteration zone and historic copper workings, following successful drilling at nearby...
Ivanhoe Electric to Buy TBM for Arizona Copper Project
Ivanhoe Electric announced it will purchase a Robbins Crossover XRE tunnel boring machine and material handling system for its Santa Cruz copper project in Arizona. The refurbished TBM, featuring a 9.3 m cutterhead, adds less than $20 million to initial capital costs. Arrival...
Copper Quest Initiates Drilling at Rip Project in British Columbia
Copper Quest Exploration has launched a minimum 2,000‑metre drilling program at the Rip copper‑molybdenum porphyry project in British Columbia’s Stikine region. Initial holes RP24‑001 and RP24‑002 returned 0.102% copper‑equivalent over 126.6 m (including 0.268% over 24.6 m) and 0.112% copper‑equivalent over 114.3 m...
Labrador Gold to Acquire Yukon Projects From Pacific Ridge
Labrador Gold (LabGold) signed an option agreement to acquire the Mariposa and Eureka Dome gold projects in Yukon’s White Gold District from Pacific Ridge Exploration. The deal, subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval, requires up to C$500,000 (≈$370,000) and 6.67 million LabGold...
American Pacific Begins Sampling at Nevada’s Ziggurat Gold Project
American Pacific Mining has launched a field reconnaissance and surface sampling program at its Ziggurat Gold Project in Nye County, Nevada. The effort focuses on mapping alteration zones and geochemical anomalies linked to Carlin‑type gold mineralisation, with teams collecting 59...
Power Minerals to Begin Drilling at Morro Do Ferro Project in Brazil
Power Minerals will commence its initial diamond drilling campaign at the Morro do Ferro Rare Earths Project in Minas Gerais, Brazil, following a recent acquisition. The program includes 3,000 m of core drilling and 800 m of larger‑diameter drilling to test high‑grade...
EGA Partners with ADNOC to Boost Aluminium Supply Chain
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) and ADNOC Logistics & Services (ADNOC L&S) have signed a high‑level agreement to explore joint logistics initiatives that will boost supply‑chain resilience in the aluminium sector. The collaboration, announced at the Make it in the Emirates event,...
Silver Storm Mobilises Contractors at La Parrilla Mine
Silver Storm Mining announced that it has mobilised Mexican contractors MINPRO and Constructora Mexgeo to begin underground development at its fully owned La Parrilla silver mine in Durango, Mexico. The mobilisation effort is slated for completion by May 2026, paving the way...
American Pacific Unveils Assay Results From Madison Project
American Pacific Mining released underground assay results from its Madison Copper‑Gold Project in Montana, revealing copper concentrations as high as 25%, gold up to 3.19 g/t and silver up to 27.2 g/t. The sampling covered a newly identified breccia pipe and the...
Pebble Sorting Gains Traction as Miners Target Grinding Circuit Inefficiencies
Pebble recirculation, long considered inevitable in hard‑rock grinding, now faces scrutiny as miners seek to cut energy use and boost throughput. SRK Consulting and TOMRA Mining estimate that 5‑30% of mill feed returns as coarse pebbles, displacing 0.4‑0.7 t of fresh...
Tharisa Awards Underground Contract to Cementation Africa
Tharisa Minerals has inked a five‑year, cost‑plus‑fee contract with underground contractor Cementation Africa to build and operate underground facilities at its Bushveld Complex mine. The deal follows initial blasting in March 2026 and runs alongside ongoing open‑pit work. It supports...
Trafigura to Build New Aluminium Smelter in Egypt
Trafigura has signed a term sheet with Egyptalum and Metallurgical Industries Holding to build a new primary aluminium smelter in Nag Hammadi, Egypt. The project will add 300,000 tonnes per annum of smelting capacity and a 150,000‑tonne anode plant, almost...
Gold Reserve Launches American Heralds in the US
Gold Reserve announced the creation of American Heralds Mining Corporation, a U.S.-based entity that will house its Venezuelan Siembra Minera project and an Alaskan property. Shareholders will receive shares in the new company while Gold Reserve retains a minority stake....
Automation and FIFO: Changing Roles in Australia’s Remote Mines
Australia’s FIFO mining workforce, now over 100,000 strong and worth roughly $45 bn annually, is confronting rapid automation. Driverless trucks, autonomous drills and AI‑powered delivery robots are already operating in Pilbara mines, cutting manual tasks and boosting safety. Yet the shift...
Arizona Eagle Reports Results From Eagle Project Drilling
Arizona Eagle Mining released initial Phase 1 drill results from the Eagle Project in Arizona’s historic McCabe gold‑silver district. The first three holes confirmed high‑grade sulphide‑bearing quartz veins and extended the known mineralized strike 50 m beyond the historic 880,000‑oz gold resource....
CoTec, Copper Intelligence to Form Copper Tailings JV
CoTec Holdings has signed a term sheet with US‑based Copper Intelligence and affiliated investors to launch a joint venture focused on processing historic copper tailings in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The early‑stage JV will evaluate tailings sites across the...
Zanaga Iron Ore Confirms Positive DRI Plant Costing Outcomes
Zanaga Iron Ore Company completed a feasibility study for a direct‑reduced‑iron (DRI) plant in the Republic of Congo, confirming premium DRI product quality and refined cost estimates. Stage‑one capital expenditure is now pegged at $2.17 bn with a net present value...
Two Fatalities Reported in Kazzinc Plant Explosion
Glencore reported two deaths and five injuries after an explosion and fire ripped through the dust‑collection unit of its Kazzinc zinc smelter in Ust‑Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan, on May 5. The blast caused a partial building collapse, but fire crews extinguished the...
Eagle Nuclear Starts Permitting Work Ahead of Aurora Uranium PFS Drilling
Eagle Nuclear Energy Corp. has launched permitting and environmental survey activities at its Aurora uranium project on the Oregon‑Nevada border, preceding a 27,000‑ft pre‑feasibility study drilling campaign. The program will collect data on hydrology, meteorology, wetlands, and cultural resources to...
New Episode: Turning Tailings Into Assets, Q&A with Canada’s MICA
The Energy Technology podcast episode examines how declining ore grades and heightened critical‑mineral supply‑chain pressures are prompting miners to treat tailings as a secondary resource. Advances such as bioleaching, advanced sorting and nanotechnology are making metal recovery from waste technically...
Regis, Vault Sign $7.68bn Merger Agreement
Regis Resources and Vault Minerals have signed a binding scheme of arrangement to merge, creating a $7.68 bn entity valued at A$10.7 bn. The combined company will operate five Western Australian mines and two advanced‑stage gold projects, targeting annual production above 700,000...
Larvotto Identifies Gold-Antimony-Tungsten Deposits at Midas Gully
Larvotto Resources announced an extension of high‑grade gold‑antimony‑tungsten mineralisation at the Midas Gully zone of its Hillgrove Antimony‑Gold Project in New South Wales. Recent drilling from hole BLK115 returned a 13‑metre interval averaging 8.56 g/t gold‑equivalent, including a 1.2‑metre section at...
Pecoy Copper Deploys Third Drill Rig at Peru Project
Pecoy Copper has brought a third drill rig online, boosting its 35,000‑metre diamond‑drilling program at the copper‑gold‑molybdenum‑silver project in southern Peru. The new rig is now drilling in the South Breccia zone while work continues in the Centre of the...
Will Green Demand Push Australian Transition Metals Into a New Supercycle?
Rising demand for copper, lithium, nickel and other transition metals is prompting a debate over whether Australia is entering a new mining supercycle. The International Energy Agency projects the critical‑minerals market to expand from $320 bn in 2022 to $770 bn by...
American Pacific Mining Secures Madison Drill Contracts
American Pacific Mining has secured contracts with O’Keefe Drilling and Nasco Industrial Services and Supply (NISS) to execute a 15,000‑metre drill programme at its Madison copper‑gold project in Montana, slated to begin in May 2026. The campaign will combine reverse‑circulation...
Excalibur Metals Stakes 58 New Claims at Nevada’s Bellehelen Project
Excalibur Metals has staked 58 additional federal lode claims, adding 1,198 acres to its Bellehelen Silver‑Gold Project in Nevada’s Nye County. The new parcels extend the northwest Rangefront Target and the Stone Cabin Valley Pediment, zones highlighted by high‑resolution AVIRIS...
Inspiration Mining Initiates Drilling at Rottenstone North Project
Inspiration Mining has hired Flamingo Drilling to commence diamond drilling at its Rottenstone North gold‑copper project in northern Saskatchewan. The program targets volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) style deposits for copper, zinc, lead, silver and gold along the project's southeastern edge....
Trump-Linked Tungsten Deal Highlights Processing Gap in US Supply Chain Push
Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have backed a merger that would create Kaz Resources, a Nasdaq‑listed company aiming to develop Kazakhstan's Northern Katpar and Upper Kairakty tungsten deposits. The venture is supported by up to $1.6 billion of U.S. federal...
New Earth Expands Lucky Boy Project with 268 Acres in Arizona
New Earth Resources received state approval to lease an additional 268 acres adjacent to its Lucky Boy uranium project in Gila County, Arizona, almost doubling its land holdings in the area. The expanded footprint now totals roughly 541 acres, encompassing...
Silver Sands to Acquire Fairfield Gold Project in Mexico
Silver Sands Resources has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the Fairfield Gold Project in Nayarit, Mexico, for a cash payment of roughly $675,000 and the issuance of 5.15 million common shares over four years. The deal also includes...
Cove Kaz, Skyline Sign Merger Agreement
Cove Kaz Capital Group and Skyline Builders Group have signed a merger agreement to form Kaz Resources, which will debut on Nasdaq under the ticker KAZR. The deal incorporates Kaz Critical Minerals’ 15 licences in Kazakhstan and a 70% stake...
Falcon Copper, Glencore to Boost US Minerals Supply Chain
Falcon Copper and Glencore International have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on critical‑minerals projects that strengthen the U.S. supply chain. Under the deal, Glencore will deliver up to 1.6 million tonnes per year of copper concentrate to Falcon’s planned...
Five Ways Ultra-Low Zinc Additives Are Redefining Drivetrain Performance
Ultra‑low zinc, ash‑less additives are reshaping drivetrain lubricants for mining fleets. By replacing zinc‑based ZDDP with phosphorus‑centric chemistries, manufacturers achieve superior wear protection, higher gear‑test loads, and reduced sulfur‑induced corrosion. The new formulas require lower treat rates, improve thermal stability,...
Xali Gold Concludes 50% of Sampling at Pico Machay in Peru
Xali Gold has finished more than half of its initial rock chip sampling program at the Pico Machay gold project in central Peru, collecting 125 samples—36 from underground galleries and 89 from surface channels. The continuous 2‑4 m channel samples were...
Q&A: How Remote Sensing Is Helping Provide Early Detection of Failures in Critical Mining Equipment
Poseidon Systems offers real‑time wear debris and oil‑quality sensors that use electrochemical impedance spectroscopy to monitor lubricant health in mining equipment. The sensors detect water ingress, fuel dilution, soot, and particle composition, providing early warnings of component wear before traditional...
Integra’s Wildcat Exploration Plan Approved in Nevada
Integra Resources received Bureau of Land Management approval for its Wildcat Exploration Plan at the Nevada North Project, adding a NEPA Decision Record and a state reclamation permit. The clearance enables expanded drilling and bulk‑sample work at the deposit, which...
Neotech Signs Agreement for Torrance Project Acquisition
Neotech Metals has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the Torrance Project from Kenorland Minerals, adding 580 mining claims spanning roughly 12,270 ha in Ontario’s Kapuskasing Structural Zone. The carbonatite-hosted site shows potential for niobium‑tantalum‑rare earth mineralisation and sits near...
LaFleur Signs Agreement to Acquire McKenzie East in Canada
Canadian junior LaFleur Minerals has signed an arm‑length agreement to acquire the McKenzie East Gold Project in Québec’s Val‑d’Or district. The deal includes a C$30,000 (≈US$21,960) cash payment and the issuance of 175,000 LaFleur common shares to the vendor. The...
EVelution Energy and Mitsui Sign $850m Cobalt Supply Deal
EVelution Energy has secured a five‑year, $850 million cobalt offtake deal with Japan's Mitsui, granting the trader access to up to 3,000 tonnes per year from a new Arizona processing plant. The facility will be the United States’ first commercial‑scale cobalt metal...
Mining M&A Maintains Momentum Into 2026 as Supply-Chain Focus Underpins Deal Activity
Mining mergers and acquisitions accelerated in Q1 2026, with 121 deals valued at $21.6 bn, outpacing both 2025 and 2024. The surge represents the fastest start to a year since 2023 and follows a $93.7 bn total deal flow in 2025, a 35%...
Arrow Minerals Signs SPA for 80% of Yarraloola Copper Project
Arrow Minerals has signed a sale‑and‑purchase agreement to acquire an 80% interest in the Yarraloola Copper Project in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. The deal includes A$50,000 in cash and A$500,000 in Arrow shares, while the seller retains a 20% free‑carried...
McCarthy, Fasken Martineau Lead M&A Legal Advice in Mining for Q1 2026
McCarthy Tetrault and Fasken Martineau DuMoulin topped GlobalData's Q1 2026 league table for metals‑and‑mining M&A, leading by deal value and transaction volume respectively. McCarthy advised on $7.3 bn of deals, while Fasken handled seven transactions and posted $7 bn in value, just shy...
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...