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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.
TIERRA AMARILLA, Chile — Three years after a vast sinkhole tore open above the Alcaparrosa underground copper mine, Chilean regulators have turned a slow-moving environmental disaster…
Asian Battery Metals (ASX: ABM) has delivered a decisive technical milestone at its flagship Oval copper-nickel-PGE discovery in Mongolia, reporting metallurgical recoveries of up to 95%…
Vancouver-based Arca is betting that the mining industry’s path to long-term sustainability—and profitability—runs through its tailings storage facilities. Building on two decades of geochemical research at…
DAKAR, Sept. 27, 2025 — The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), source of nearly three-quarters of the world’s cobalt, will lift its eight-month export ban on…
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest with assets exceeding $2 trillion, has committed $1.5 billion to Brookfield Asset Management’s Global Transition Fund II, cementing its…
Honghua Group, a subsidiary of Dongfang Electric Corporation and one of China’s largest land drilling rig suppliers, has introduced an intelligent fracturing solution designed to automate…
EU green steel projects are faltering just as China accelerates its low-carbon transition with OEM tie-ups and state-directed financing. In the last six months alone, three…
The race to secure copper has entered a new phase. Analysts warn that global copper demand could outpace supply by 300,000–500,000 tonnes in 2025, intensifying competition…
When Ottawa unveiled its list of five “nation-building” projects under a new federal fast-track program, two were copper mines: Newmont’s Red Chris block-cave expansion in northwest…
The United States is negotiating the creation of a multibillion-dollar mining fund with New York–based Orion Resource Partners, a move designed to strengthen American access to…
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