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Lithium brine evaporation ponds in an arid South American basin. Lithium prices rebound as supply buffers tighten Lithium prices are rebounding in August as three forces…
By Charles Pitts Published: August 7, 2026 NEW YORK/LONDON : Copper futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange (COMEX) shattered historical benchmarks on Friday, surging past…
The global architecture governing critical minerals has entered a decisive operational phase. As industrial demand accelerates across electric vehicles (EVs), grid-scale energy storage systems (ESS), artificial…
Refined silver bars and silver doré at a precious-metals refinery. Silver’s retreat to approximately US$68 an ounce after stronger-than-expected US inflation data showed how quickly macroeconomic…
Gold’s climb toward US$4,600 an ounce met a near-term obstacle this week when stronger-than-expected US inflation data lifted the dollar and pushed bond yields higher. BullionVault…
Cabless electric haulage is moving autonomy from a fleet-control project toward a broader redesign of the open-pit mine. Autonomous mining technology has reached a scale that…
TORONTO : Somerset Minerals has intersected significant high-grade copper-silver mineralization at its flagship Coppermine project in Nunavut, Canada, confirming a major new blind discovery beneath shallow…
Capstone Copper’s San Pietro acquisition adds copper, gold, iron and cobalt exploration ground to its Atacama portfolio. Capstone Copper has agreed to acquire the copper-focused assets…
Brownfield mine infrastructure in Newfoundland’s boreal coastal landscape. FireFly Metals has secured commitments for up to A$190 million to accelerate development, technical studies and drilling at…
For decades, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting in the global mining sector operated largely as a voluntary exercise in corporate transparency. Mining companies published annual…
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