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Copper and uranium are setting the tone for the mining market as the fourth quarter approaches. Copper’s record price has collided with a severe concentrate shortage,…
Nevada mine and processing infrastructure illustrate the producing assets attracting royalty and streaming capital. Mining M&A deals in 2026 are increasingly being priced around what projects…
Illustrative rare-earth leach circuit representing the processing challenge behind scandium recovery. Mount Ridley Mines’ latest metallurgical result has moved scandium recovery closer to the center of…
Vertex Minerals’ approval to operate its Reward gold mine underground for almost the full day has turned a permitting change into an operating-cost test. The varied…
Remote silver-zinc-lead mine infrastructure in a rugged northern setting. Honey Badger Silver’s updated preliminary economic assessment for the Prairie Creek silver-zinc-lead project in Canada’s Northwest Territories…
An all-season road under development in a remote Canadian Shield landscape, illustrating the infrastructure challenge facing northern mineral projects. Canada has attracted nearly C$500 billion (about…
Gold exploration drilling at the Enchi project in Ghana. Gold trading near US$4,400 an ounce is changing the economics of West African exploration. In Ghana, Newcore…
Mining M&A in 2026 is increasingly being shaped by a question that sits beside resource size and commodity exposure: how reliably can the asset move through…
APT powder and antimony ingots in an industrial refining facility. The tungsten market has moved from a long-term supply diversification story to an immediate industrial constraint.…
Copper smelter and converter equipment reflects the processing bottleneck created by scarce concentrate. Copper’s 2026 rally has moved from a price story to a supply-chain stress…
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