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  • Silver$53.90/oz+0.02%
  • Platinum$1,552.00/oz0.00%
  • Palladium$1,046.50/oz0.00%
  • Copper$6.48/lb0.00%
  • Aluminium$3,047/t+0.01%
  • Nickel$15,870/t+0.13%
  • Zinc$3,744/t−0.09%
  • Lead$1,895/t−0.49%
  • Lithium$14,542/t−0.04%
  • Cobalt$23.11/lb0.00%
  • Uranium$90.10/lb+0.02%
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Mining technology news tracks the latest innovations reshaping how mines operate—from automation and robotics to AI, IoT, and data-driven decision-making. This category features updates on smart equipment, fleet management software, remote operations, and green tech improving safety, efficiency, and sustainability. Discover how tech leaders, OEMs, and mining firms are adapting to digital transformation and ESG requirements. Essential for engineers, tech strategists, and executives following the future of mining. Related categories: Mining Equipment, Underground Mining, and Mining Operations.

Mining Technology • Nov 18, 2025

Seawater Uranium Extraction Breakthrough Could

A new breakthrough in seawater uranium extraction has delivered the strongest results ever recorded in real ocean conditions — and could shift the global uranium supply…

Mining Technology • 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…

Gold • 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…

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…

Africa • Nov 3, 2025

Simandou Infrastructure Risk: The Hidden

The Simandou infrastructure risk—spanning safety, execution, and logistics—threatens Africa’s largest iron-ore project and global supply stability.

Exploration & Discovery • Oct 31, 2025

Botswana Pink Diamond Discovery Stuns

A 37.4-carat Botswana pink diamond from Karowe Mine amazes experts with its rare two-tone formation and geological origin.

Market Intelligence • Oct 21, 2025

Sandvik Momentum and the Global Surge in

As mining-equipment demand accelerates alongside surging gold and copper prices, global OEMs like Sandvik AB, Epiroc AB, Caterpillar Inc., and Komatsu Ltd. are seeing a revival…

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