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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.
Vulcan Energy’s Lionheart project is designed to combine geothermal energy production with lithium extraction in Germany. Vulcan Energy’s second lithium production licence for its Lionheart project…
Autonomous ultra-class haul trucks travel through an open-pit mine at dusk. Komatsu’s commissioning of its 1,000th ultra-class autonomous haul truck marks a change in the mining…
Critical minerals refining remains heavily concentrated. IEA data shows the top three refining countries accounted for an average 86% of output across six key minerals in…
Copper’s 2026 outlook is being reshaped by a breakdown in the traditional pricing relationship between miners and smelters. Spot treatment charges have fallen below $20 per…
Remote operators monitor mine maps, equipment status and production data. The global autonomous haulage fleet has moved beyond the pilot stage, passing the 2,000-truck threshold and…
Silver refinery operations are becoming a more important variable as mine supply stagnates and the market faces another structural deficit. Silver is entering 2026 with a…
Humboldt Mill is expected to process material from Talon’s Tamarack project in Minnesota. Talon Metals has abandoned plans to build a nickel processing facility in North…
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected four projects for $73 million in funding. The money will establish real-world testing grounds for next-generation mining technologies.…
Private 5G can connect autonomous trucks, dispatch systems, charging infrastructure and mine-control teams across a single operating network. Autonomous mining fleets are moving from isolated pilot…
Nickel processing infrastructure links Indonesian ore supply to global stainless steel and battery markets. Nickel prices are entering the final stretch of 2026 with a stronger…
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