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An autonomous ultra-class haul truck operates on a terraced open-pit mine haul road. Autonomous mining technology 2026 has reached a new scale threshold. Komatsu has commissioned…
BMI has raised its 2026 lithium price forecasts, but its latest outlook still points to a market where supply is expanding faster than demand. The research…
Critical minerals supply chains are being reorganized around security rather than cost alone. In 2026, governments are combining export controls, domestic-processing incentives, strategic stockpiles, recycling targets…
An Indonesian nickel processing complex reflects the growing importance of ore availability to the global market. Indonesia’s decision to limit 2026 nickel ore production to roughly…
Vale Base Metals has brought an autonomous fleet of Komatsu 930E haul trucks into operation at its Salobo copper complex in Pará, Brazil, marking a significant…
Exploration drilling at a remote Western Australian copper-gold project. Solstice Minerals has reported a 148-metre copper-gold intercept beyond the current resource boundary at its Nanadie project…
Industrial processing capacity is becoming as important as ounces in the ground when gold assets change hands. Gold mining news in 2026 is increasingly defined by…
Port Hedland’s export infrastructure remains central to the seaborne iron ore market. Iron ore prices are holding above US$100 per dry metric tonne, with Singapore Exchange…
Japan’s manufacturers are drawing on inventories and alternative suppliers after Chinese shipments of dysprosium and terbium products reportedly fell to zero in the first half of…
Indonesia has approved a 2026 nickel ore production quota of approximately 260 million to 270 million wet tonnes, sharply below the 379 million tonnes approved under…
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