July 17, 2025 Argentina mining exports to top $5B in 2025 despite lithium struggles, industry body says Argentine President Javier Milei's libertarian government is seeking to boost the country's mining sector.
July 16, 2025 Myanmar’s tin exports set to rise as major hub resumes mining Local authorities approved the resumption of mining in the conflict-riven region of Wa State.
July 16, 2025 Zimbabwe aims to break ground for $270 million new lithium plant this year Kuvimba Mining House will begin construction of the concentration plant at its Sandawana mine in Q3 of this year.
July 15, 2025 Indigenous groups ask Chile court to pause community review of Codelco-SQM lithium deal The process is one of the final conditions for a deal to go into effect in which state-run Codelco will take a majority stake in SQM's lithium mining operations.
July 15, 2025 Canada Nickel deposits akin to ‘Sudbury’s endowment’ New initial resources add almost 275 million measured and indicated tonnes to the company’s portfolio.
July 15, 2025 China’s lithium giants tumble after first-half profit warnings Two of the largest miners warned that battery metal woes had weighed on earnings for the first half of the year.
July 15, 2025 Rio Tinto picks iron ore boss Simon Trott as new CEO The board believes the company has become too complex, and the new CEO will be tasked with simplifying it.
July 14, 2025 Lockheed Martin reboots Pacific seabed mining plans The US defense giant holds two licenses in the mineral-rich Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the eastern Pacific ocean.
July 10, 2025 Chinese tycoons are turning Indonesia into an aluminum giant This year alone, three new alumina refineries, a key part of the aluminum production process, will begin working.
July 9, 2025 GM-backed EnergyX buys lithium-rich acreage in US Smackover formation The deal boosts the holdings of EnergyX to roughly 47,500 acres in the Smackover.
Vale, Caterpillar and Sotreq sign deal to expand fleet of autonomous trucks in Pará, Brazil New agreement expands fleet to approximately 90 autonomous trucks in the region by 2028. December 16, 2025 | 01:52 pm
