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Carbon reporting is becoming a financial control, while water, tailings and community data increasingly influence permits, lending terms and project valuations. For mining companies, ESG compliance…
Copper cathode sheets at an industrial refinery and loading facility. The copper price forecast 2026 is increasingly being shaped by a simple mismatch: demand from grids,…
Autonomous mining technology has moved beyond isolated demonstrations. Komatsu says its FrontRunner system had more than 900 autonomous trucks commissioned and had moved more than 10…
Alberta’s oil sands waste could contain significant quantities of critical minerals, but economic recovery remains the key challenge.
Aerial view of an integrated copper mining district in northern Chile. Mining M&A deals 2026 are entering a more demanding phase as the proposed Anglo American-Teck…
Liontown Resources has signed a binding farm-in agreement with NEXT Lithium Corp. that gives it a staged pathway to acquire up to 100% of the Centenario…
The US International Development Finance Corporation expands rare earth financing in Madagascar, strengthening Africa’s critical minerals supply chain ahead of African Mining Week 2026.
Lodestar Minerals has reported copper, gold, cobalt and molybdenum mineralisation in its first diamond hole at the Three Saints project in northern Chile, saying the results…
Pilbara Gold has extended gold mineralisation at depth at its Mt York Gold Project in Western Australia, with hole 26MYDD022 returning 94 metres at 0.88 grams…
Lithium carbonate futures near 150,000 yuan ($22,000–$23,000) a tonne have revived the market’s bullish instincts. The most active Guangzhou Futures Exchange contract recently closed at 152,500…
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