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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.
Critical Metals says laboratory testing has addressed a key eudialyte processing challenge at Tanbreez, supporting plans for a $1.85 billion rare-earth refinery in Romania. The next…
China's dominance of rare-earth mining is only part of the story. The deeper strategic advantage lies in processing, refining and permanent magnet manufacturing, where supply remains…
Brazilian mining tailings and waste-rock facilities with visible containment, drainage and monitoring infrastructure. For mining companies, ESG compliance in 2026 is becoming less about broad commitments…
Autonomous mining technology is moving beyond pilot fleets, but the electric-haulage story requires more precision than headline deployment numbers suggest. EACON Mining Technology says its autonomous…
Modern critical minerals refining and separation facility. The world is adding mines, but the refining system that turns ore into usable industrial material is becoming more…
Komatsu’s commissioning of its 1,000th ultra-class autonomous haul truck marks a significant change in mining technology. The milestone does not mean autonomy is new to mining,…
Copper’s 2026 outlook is being reshaped by a market signal that is easy to miss in the headline price: spot treatment charges have fallen to around…
Missouri S&T will develop a national mining technology proving ground under DOE's Mine of the Future initiative, focusing on underground technology, advanced comminution and workforce development.
Autonomous haul trucks are moving from controlled pilots into larger commercial fleets. EACON’s ORCASTRA autonomous haulage system has now been deployed on more than 1,500 battery-electric…
By Charles Pitts · Deep-dive analysis For mining companies, tailings management is moving from a sustainability narrative to an evidence system that must withstand scrutiny from…
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