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High-voltage grid infrastructure is becoming a more visible source of copper demand. Copper’s 2026 outlook is being shaped by a contest between two forces: a slower…
Skillings Mining Intelligence | By Salini Krishnan | Scheduled for 4:00 PM ET Mining investment decisions are increasingly being shaped by the gap between strong commodity…
Industrial processing infrastructure illustrates the midstream capacity targeted by Project Dynamo. The U.S. government’s role in rare-earth financing is moving beyond broad policy commitments and toward…
Modern mine infrastructure highlights the supply constraints shaping the silver outlook. Silver’s 2026 outlook is being pulled in two directions. A persistent market deficit, limited mine-supply…
Copper operations and exploration ground in Chile’s Atacama Region. Mining M&A deals 2026 are increasingly focused on strategic fit rather than headline scale. Recent transactions show…
Mining M&A has moved into a more selective phase in 2026. Buyers are still pursuing copper, gold, aluminum and other critical-minerals assets, but the market is…
Nickel prices entered September near $16,700 per tonne, with LME inventories above 270,000 tonnes and the forward curve in contango. That combination points to a market…
Mining control rooms are becoming central to the collection, validation and assurance of ESG data. For mining companies, the most important ESG reporting milestone of 2026…
Tailings infrastructure and water controls are becoming central to mining approvals, financing and licence retention. Mining ESG compliance is moving from a reporting exercise to a…
Indonesia’s processing network is becoming the central cost and supply variable for the global nickel market. The nickel market is entering 2026 with two different stories.…
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