Asia Pacific • Oct 16, 2025
Limestone Reclassification: What India’s New
Limestone reclassification as a major mineral under India’s MMDR Act 1957 places it under IBM oversight, reshaping mining and cement supply chains.
Charles Pitts
Charles Pitts is the publisher of Skillings Mining Review, the trade journal that has covered mining since 1912. He writes on the macro forces behind metal prices: commodity cycles, sovereign capital and the shifting sources of demand. His current work argues that hyperscale AI, and the gigawatt-scale power its data centres need, is becoming a buyer of lithium and copper in its own right, competing with the automotive supply chain for tier-one reserves.
Critical Minerals • Oct 15, 2025
Patriot Critical Minerals Confirms Largest
Patriot Critical Minerals files SEC S-K 1300 for its MEGA Project, confirming the largest U.S. tungsten resource and reshoring critical supply.
Africa • Oct 14, 2025
Sierra Leone’s New Mining Act Reshapes the
The Republic of Sierra Leone has entered a new era of resource governance. On May 12, 2023, the West African nation enacted the Mines and Minerals…
Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) • Oct 11, 2025
When Satellites See What Governments Don’t
New EU-backed models reveal over 50% of the world’s mine sites missing from official records. As the global energy transition accelerates, lithium, copper, and rare earths…
Critical Minerals • Oct 10, 2025
The “Hidden” Minerals That Will Define the
When investors discuss the energy transition, copper, lithium, and nickel dominate the conversation. Yet a quieter contest is emerging for a lesser-known cohort of “hidden” minerals…
Critical Minerals • Oct 10, 2025
Deep Sea Mining and Space Mining 2025
Deep sea mining and space mining 2025 have become the twin frontiers of a global race for critical minerals, redefining how—and where—humanity extracts its future resources.
Copper • Oct 9, 2025
Copper’s Deficit Countdown: Why 2026 Could
Copper — the metal that powers everything from electric vehicles to AI-driven data centers — is heading toward its most consequential supply crunch in a decade.…
Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) • Oct 8, 2025
Metal-Organic Frameworks Could Redefine Metal
When BASF first commercialized a metal-organic framework (MOF) material in 2016, few imagined that the same class of crystalline, porous compounds might one day help miners…
Base Metals • Oct 6, 2025
Indonesia Reallocates Seized Tin Assets to
PANGKALPINANG, Oct 6– In a high-stakes show of force, Indonesia’s Attorney General on Monday handed over six seized smelters, approximately 680 metric tons of refined tin,…
Public Policy • Oct 2, 2025
Rare Earth Mining Deals: U.S. Pushes Supply
U.S. expands rare earth mining deals before 2026 midterm elections, backing MP Materials and allies to reduce China’s dominance in EV and defense supply chains.
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