Base Metals • Feb 28, 2025
L&T Minerals & Metals Secures Major EPC
L&T Minerals & Metals, a leading business vertical of Larsen & Toubro, has secured two significant contracts in the steel sector and alumina sector, reinforcing its…
Mo Shine
Mo Shine covers the geopolitics, logistics and diplomacy of critical-mineral extraction in the Global South, with a focus on how African statecraft shapes what investors and operators can actually build. He spent more than a decade in newspaper journalism, as sub-editor and executive editor, and has worked with Skillings since 2009. His current work tracks the Lobito Corridor and other Western-backed rail routes, and what they change for working capital, regional diplomacy and operator resilience across the Central African Copperbelt.
Base Metals • Feb 27, 2025
Hydro & Rio Tinto Join Aluminium Decarbonization
In a landmark initiative toward aluminium decarbonization, Hydro and Rio Tinto have announced a strategic partnership to explore and develop carbon capture technologies for aluminium smelters.
Mining Finance • Feb 26, 2025
De Beers & Botswana Sign 10-Year Diamond Deal
In a landmark development, De Beers and the government of Botswana have solidified a renewed 10-year diamond sales agreement, culminating after seven years of rigorous negotiations.
Gold • Feb 25, 2025
Equinox Gold- Calibre Mining Merge to Form
Equinox Gold- Calibre Mining have announced a definitive agreement to merge, creating a diversified gold producer focused on the Americas. This all-stock transaction will see Equinox…
Gold • Feb 24, 2025
Blue Lagoon Gets Final Permits for Dome Mountain
Blue Lagoon Resources Inc. has achieved a major milestone by securing its final mining permits for the Dome Mountain Gold Project in British Columbia, Canada. This…
Base Metals • Feb 20, 2025
Yukon Metals Expands Exploration at AZ Project
ukon Metals Corp. [CSE: YMC, FSE: E770, OTCQB: YMMCF] has announced an ambitious 2025 exploration program for its AZ Project, a vast 11,755-hectare property located 36…
Gold • Feb 18, 2025
Seabridge Gold to Raise $100M for B.C
Seabridge Gold Inc. (TSX: SEA, NYSE: SA) has announced plans to raise $100 million to fund key initiatives at its KSM gold-copper project in British Columbia,…
Drilling & Blasting • Feb 17, 2025
GA Drilling and NREL Partner to Advance
GA Drilling, a leading geothermal technology company specializing in ultra-deep drilling solutions, has partnered with the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to advance high-temperature downhole…
Battery Metals • Feb 14, 2025
BYD Secures Mineral Rights in Brazil’s
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer BYD has acquired mining rights in Minas Gerais, Brazil, a region known as Lithium Valley, marking its entry into the mining…
Mining Finance • Feb 12, 2025
Anglo American Advances ‘Mine of the Future’
Anglo American’s decade-long pursuit of safer and more efficient underground mining has reached a major milestone, with all its steelmaking coal operations in Australia’s Bowen Basin…
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