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Aerial view of tailings slurry extending from the failed facility near Brits. South African authorities are investigating the collapse of a tailings storage facility at Samancor’s…
Hydrometallurgical processing circuit for critical minerals. A small group of metals is becoming a large strategic problem for the global technology industry. Gallium and germanium are…
Australia’s largest aluminium smelter has secured a long-term electricity pathway after the federal and New South Wales governments agreed to provide about A$2.5 billion (US$1.76 billion)…
An ultra-class haul truck operates on a high-altitude open-pit mine haul road. Autonomous mining technology has moved beyond pilot projects and into a competition over fleet…
Uranium spot prices are trading around $86–88 per pound, but the more important signal for 2026 is appearing in the term market. Utilities are signing longer-dated…
Gold and silver bullion bars undergo inspection in an industrial refinery setting. Gold has rebounded to about $4,380 an ounce, recovering roughly 10% from early-August lows…
The mining market is entering the week of August 16 with several catalysts converging across uranium, copper, gold and lithium. Record or near-record metal prices are…
An Indonesian nickel processing complex reflects the growing importance of ore availability to the global market. Indonesia’s decision to restrict nickel ore production to roughly 250…
Lithium brine evaporation ponds and processing infrastructure in Chile’s Salar de Atacama. Battery-grade lithium carbonate has moved back into the low-$20,000s per tonne in key Asian…
Copper processing infrastructure at a large-scale mine in the Andes. Copper enters 2026 with an unusually wide gap between institutional forecasts. A Reuters analyst poll expects…
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