Copper • Nov 29, 2025
Chile Copper Output 2025: October Production
SANTIAGO — Chile copper output 2025 took another hit in October, with national production falling 7% year-on-year to 458,405 metric tons, according to fresh data from…
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 • Nov 28, 2025
China Rare Earth Monopoly Tightens as U.S
China rare earth monopoly is now shaping global mining strategy, with Beijing controlling an estimated 70% of global rare earth mining and nearly 90% of processing…
Asia Pacific • Nov 26, 2025
Mining Employment Growth: India’s Coal Auction
India’s coal auctions may trigger major mining employment growth. Skillings investigates the workforce challenge behind the sector’s next expansion.
Energy Transition • Nov 25, 2025
Hydrogen Mining Enters a New Phase
Hydrogen mining is technically proven, but hydrogen haul trucks face economic and insurance barriers before large-scale deployment.
Copper • Nov 24, 2025
South America’s $491 Billion Mineral Corridor Could
A Discovery Arrives at the Right Global Moment A remote sector of the Andes, on the frontier between Argentina and Chile, has become the focus of…
Africa • Nov 22, 2025
Artisanal Mining Uganda: Local-First Gold Governance
Bukuya, Uganda — The sound of celebration echoed through Bukuya Town Council on November 7, 2025, as miners gathered under tents, children sang traditional songs, and…
Exploration & Discovery • Nov 19, 2025
AI in Mining Exploration: Cutting Costs and Rewriting
AI in mining exploration is reshaping mineral discovery with 40% cost reductions and faster drilling decisions. Explore how the industry is changing now.
Asia Pacific • Nov 18, 2025
India’s Critical Minerals Research Plan
India has launched a critical minerals research plan worth ₹210 crore over three years — but access is limited to only nine pre-selected Centres of Excellence…
Asia Pacific • Nov 17, 2025
Bolter Miners and the Rising Standards of Underground
When Coal India Limited announced in its FY2024 outlook that underground production must rise to meet long-term domestic demand, the spotlight shifted to the machines increasingly…
Asia Pacific • Nov 14, 2025
India’s Ad Valorem Royalties Shift Signals a
India’s decision to adopt Ad Valorem Royalties for graphite, caesium, rubidium, and zirconium marks one of the most deliberate and far-reaching policy shifts in its resource…
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