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Copper cathodes and coils move through a port logistics terminal. Copper prices surged on Sept. 22 as the market absorbed a widening gap between expected mine…
An arid artisanal mining site in Niger State, Nigeria. Thirty-seven people arrested during a Nigerian crackdown on suspected illegal mining died in custody in Minna, Niger…
Collapsed artisanal shafts at a gold-mining site in Sudan’s West Kordofan state. At least 60 people were killed after a gold mine collapsed in Sudan’s West…
Strategic-minerals processing infrastructure in Brazil. Brazil has enacted a new framework for screening foreign investment and strategic transactions involving critical minerals, adding a review layer to…
Global Atomic Corp. has secured conditional approval for up to US$414.2 million in U.S. government-backed debt financing to develop its Dasa uranium project in Niger, reviving…
Lithium prices have recovered sharply from last year’s lows, but the market is now testing whether stronger benchmarks can translate into durable project economics. A Chinese…
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…
Africa holds more than a quarter of the world’s known critical-mineral reserves, according to McKinsey. The continent has particularly large deposits of platinum-group metals, tantalum, cobalt…
China's dominance of rare earths extends far beyond mining and refining. It is strongest at the downstream end of the supply chain, where rare earth materials…
G20 energy ministers have agreed to strengthen cooperation on critical minerals, with a focus on more resilient and diversified supply chains, local value addition, investment, innovation…
Uranium’s 2026 price move is increasingly being driven by long-term utility contracting rather than short-term spot-market speculation. Spot uranium has risen from about US$81.75 per pound…
Chinese steelworks and iron ore handling infrastructure at a coastal terminal. Singapore iron ore futures briefly fell below US$95 a tonne before recovering to about US$96.40,…
Ecuador’s tax authority has issued a $154 million assessment against Lundin Gold over the calculation of the state’s share of benefits from the Fruta del Norte…
Gold bullion bars stored in a secure institutional vault. Venezuela’s government and a faction of the opposition are nearing an agreement that could move roughly $4…
Aura Minerals has secured a $200 million syndicated loan to support its growth program in the Americas, including construction of the Era Dorada gold project in…
Great Lakes iron ore shipping remains below seasonal norms despite modest year-over-year growth, keeping domestic pellet demand and Mesabi Metallics’ startup under close scrutiny. Great Lakes…
Author: Charles Pitts Luca Mining’s agreement to acquire Capstone Copper’s Cozamin mine for up to US$385 million puts a fresh valuation marker on producing, permitted and…
Critical-minerals operators are increasingly expected to prove where material was extracted, processed, handled and sold before buyers, lenders or customs authorities will accept it. For years,…
The Boundary Waters region’s interconnected lakes and forest define the environmental stakes in the Twin Metals permitting dispute. Congress reopened the federal path for mining near…
Copper concentrate handling systems at a large-scale smelting complex. Copper’s record price is being accompanied by an unusual split in the supply chain: miners are gaining…
Brazil’s new policy improves the financing toolkit for domestic processing, but project bankability will depend on qualification rules, infrastructure and credible offtake structures. Brazil’s new critical-minerals…
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