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Salini Krishnan reports on the policy and capital forces reshaping critical-mineral supply chains: rare earths, US–China export controls, government stockpiles, deep-sea mining and the public money behind the West's push to rebuild refining capacity. A science postgraduate with a degree in communication, she reads the technical record before the press release, following minerals from exploration licence to processing plant. She has written for Skillings Mining Review since 2019.
Skillings Mining Review September 2025: four years after iron ore spiked to $220/t, the cycle has turned. Our cover package maps the 2025–2030 iron-ore outlook—a looming…
Australia’s rooftop solar panels hide silver reserves rivaling mines. New tech could reshape global silver supply.
Two forces define mining this month: the true cost of iron ore and the accelerating race for critical minerals. Our cover story, “The Environmental Costs We…
Zijin Mining eyes Barrick’s Tongon asset in $500M play to expand West African footprint.
Skillings Mining Review July 2025 issue tracks how policy and capital are redrawing mining’s supply map. In the U.S., a $900M push into Nevada lithium and…
U.S.-backed drilling at Greenland’s Tanbreez site deepens the global fight for rare earth independence.
Silver prices have surged past $36 per ounce this week, reaching their highest level in 13 years as market momentum builds around strong investor demand and…
Skillings Mining Review June 2025 spotlights the people-power gap reshaping mining. Our cover features—“Mining Minds Wanted” and “Mining Jobs Hit Record High”—unpack why talent is now…
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to take up a challenge brought by Native American groups seeking to stop a major copper mining project in Arizona,…
In a bold demonstration of its industrial green pivot, China has launched over 100 electric mining trucks, forming the core of a new China mining fleet…
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