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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.
Copper concentrate moves through processing equipment at an industrial mine facility. Copper’s rally toward record levels reflects a structural supply-demand squeeze rather than a typical cyclical…
Diamond drilling advances exploration in the mountainous Lawyers-Ranch project area. Mining M&A deals in 2026 are increasingly linking major producers with earlier-stage projects, and AngloGold Ashanti’s…
Open-pit gold mining operation in Nevada’s arid Great Basin terrain. Gold mining news 2026 is being shaped by a major permitting milestone in Nevada, where Equinox…
Mine-tailings reprocessing and critical-minerals recovery facility. Image: Skillings Mining Intelligence. **WASHINGTON : ** The U.S. Department of Energy has selected nine projects for up to $162…
Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court has upheld a provisional framework allowing the Cinta Larga Indigenous people to pursue mineral exploration and mining in four territories spanning Mato…
Silver mining and processing infrastructure in a rugged Moroccan landscape. Silver enters 2026 with two competing forces shaping its outlook. The first is a structural market…
Gold exploration at the Antino Gold Project in southeastern Suriname. Photo: Founders Metals. Gold mining news 2026 is increasingly being shaped by strategic investments in large,…
Lithium brine ponds and processing infrastructure in an arid Andean landscape. Canada has opened a national security review process into Lithium Chile Inc.’s proposed US$175 million…
Copper processing infrastructure in Queensland’s Mount Isa region. Austral Resources Australia has moved ahead with its takeover of Hammer Metals after the deadline for a competing…
The planned consolidation would place SM Investments’ Atlas stake and other mining assets under Dominion Holdings. SM Investments Corp. is preparing to move its mining assets…
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