Copper • Nov 20, 2025
Vedanta Saudi Mining: The Saudi Copper
How Vedanta Saudi mining and Saudi copper processing are reshaping global supply chains and mineral strategy under Vision 2030.
Minerals & Metals
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Energy Transition • Nov 17, 2025
Rio Tinto Green Steel Pivot: Why the Miner
Rio Tinto has executed one of the most consequential shifts in its decarbonisation roadmap, shelving its A$215 million BioIron research hub and redirecting capital toward a…
Europe • Nov 14, 2025
Mining Automation Partnership: LKAB and ABB
In one of Europe’s most closely watched technology moves this year, Sweden’s LKAB — one of the world’s largest iron ore producers — has signed a…
Asia Pacific • Nov 14, 2025
India’s Ad Valorem Royalties Shift Signals a
India’s decision to adopt Ad Valorem Royalties for graphite, caesium, rubidium, and zirconium marks one of the most deliberate and far-reaching policy shifts in its resource…
Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) • Nov 10, 2025
Rare Earth Mining Venezuela: Guerrilla Control and the
For months, Brigadier General Rafael Olaya Quintero, commander of the Orinoco naval force, has been chasing tin and coltan traffickers across the waterways at Colombia’s border…
Coal • Nov 8, 2025
Queensland Coal Royalties: How Labor’s Policy
When Queensland’s Labor government introduced its tiered Queensland coal royalties in 2022, the goal was to ensure the state shared in the record profits of global…
Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) • Nov 8, 2025
Mercury Gold Mining Crisis Overshadows Global
The latest global conference on mercury ended with a partial victory but a glaring omission. At the sixth Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention…
Coal • Nov 7, 2025
Trump Expands U.S. Critical Minerals List to Copper
The U.S. expands its critical minerals list to include copper, uranium, and met coal — reshaping mining incentives and national supply strategies.
Asia Pacific • Nov 6, 2025
Asian Coal: How Regional Mavericks Are
As global majors exit coal, a new generation of Asian coal miners is seizing the final wave of opportunity—fuelled by regional demand, local financing, and strategic…
Battery Metals • Nov 5, 2025
Electra Reactivates Construction at North
Electra Battery Materials Corporation (NASDAQ: ELBM; TSX-V: ELBM) has officially resumed construction at its cobalt sulfate refinery in Temiskaming Shores, Ontario, after securing approximately US$82 million…
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