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Battery storage and chemical conversion capacity are becoming as important to lithium markets as mine output. Battery metals are entering a more complicated phase of the…
Tailings infrastructure is moving from a specialist engineering concern to a board-level disclosure issue. A tailings failure near Brits, South Africa, has brought a practical question…
Mining’s shift from automated trials to commercial-scale autonomy has reached a new threshold. Komatsu has commissioned its 1,000th ultra-class autonomous haul truck, while Vale has brought…
Japan’s manufacturers can currently secure only about two-thirds of required rare-earth supply after Chinese dysprosium and terbium exports fell to zero in the first half of…
Gold bullion and the Treasury market are now moving in the same macro conversation: liquidity, debt and confidence in the dollar. Gold has broken above US$4,600…
Copper mine and concentrator infrastructure in the Chilean Andes. Copper has moved within striking distance of US$7 per pound, pushing the 2026 market debate beyond a…
Northumberland is a past-producing gold project in Nevada’s Walker Lane trend. StrikePoint Gold has agreed to acquire the Northumberland Gold Project in Nevada from subsidiaries of…
Lithium brine ponds and processing infrastructure in the high Andes. Calgary-based Lithium Chile is challenging a Canadian national-security review of its planned US$175 million sale of…
An artisanal gold mining site in a remote, rain-soaked Central African landscape. The Central African Republic has shut down the Zamboye gold mining site after its…
Chile’s copper commission, Cochilco, has raised its copper price forecast for 2026 to US$5.95 per pound, up from its previous estimate of US$5.55/lb, as operational disruptions…
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