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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.
Brazilian critical-minerals mine and processing infrastructure in a cerrado setting. Brazil’s Senate has approved a bill creating a national policy for critical and strategic minerals, including…
Open-pit lithium mining operations in the rugged terrain of Minas Gerais, Brazil. A federal court in Brazil has ordered a suspension of operations and environmental licenses…
Brazilian mineral-processing infrastructure in a lateritic mining region. Brazil’s Senate has approved a national policy for critical and strategic minerals that creates a R$2 billion guarantee…
East Texas brine infrastructure in a documentary-style view. Smackover Lithium said its Franklin Project in East Texas has an after-tax net present value of about $5.0…
Eldorado Gold’s Skouries project includes an open pit, underground mine and processing facilities on Greece’s Halkidiki Peninsula. Eldorado Gold has produced its first copper-gold concentrate at…
Chapada’s processing and mine infrastructure in Goiás, Brazil. Lundin Mining’s plan to integrate the Saúva copper-gold deposit with its Chapada mine in Goiás is becoming a…
Remote copper exploration terrain in the Puna de Atacama highlands of Salta Province. Argentina’s copper pipeline is gaining strategic weight as prices remain elevated and major…
The Vicuña district spans the Argentina-Chile border in the high Andes. Vicuña is moving from a large mineral discovery toward one of the mining industry’s most…
Capstone’s Mantoverde-Santo Domingo district in Chile’s Atacama Region is becoming a larger platform for copper exploration, processing and future mine development. Capstone Copper’s completed acquisition of…
An open-pit tungsten operation in Galicia, Spain. Image: Skillings Mining Intelligence. Eurobattery Minerals said metallurgical testwork at its San Juan tungsten project in Galicia, Spain, produced…
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