January 20, 2026 Brazilian Nickel, Westwin ink offtake MOU on Piauí project for US market BRN would sell Westwin up to 10,000 tpa of nickel in MHP and circa 240 to 400 tpa of cobalt in MHP extracted from the Piauí project.
January 20, 2026 US proposed SECURE Act aims to offset China’s grip on critical minerals Bill would establish a Strategic Resilience Reserve to support domestic production and processing of minerals vital to electrification, clean energy and national defense.
January 19, 2026 Construction on track for Q1 completion at Sibanye’s Keliber lithium project in Finland Keliber is the EU's most advanced integrated lithium project, with planned LiOH production of around 15,000 tonnes per annum.
January 19, 2026 Montage moves up Côte d’Ivoire gold pour First gold at Koné is now expected to be produced in the fourth quarter of this year instead of 2027’s second quarter.
January 15, 2026 DRC revives $29B iron ore export plan once tied to billionaire Gertler The area that Kinshasa wants to develop has cumulative iron ore resources of 15 billion to 20 billion tonnes grading more than 60% iron.
January 12, 2026 West Red Lake’s Madsen mine enters commercial production During 2025, the Madsen mine produced about 20,000 oz. of gold, including 7,000 oz. in the last quarter.
January 8, 2026 Fortitude Gold starts County Line mine operations, gets permits for Scarlet South The Scarlet South open-pit project is located approximately 500 meters northwest of the company's operating Isabella Pearl mine in Nevada.
January 7, 2026 BlueScope Steel rejects $8.8B takeover offer The Australian steelmaker says a fourth approach from US-based Steel Dynamics fails to reflect asset value amid volatile markets.
December 30, 2025 Top stories of 2025 on MINING.COM Critical minerals and gold were the two big themes shaping the mining industry in 2025.
December 29, 2025 Diamond crash 2025: market slump met tech pressure The diamond industry is now shifting from growth to triage, with survival tied less to geology and more to branding.
Rio Tinto’s fourth-quarter iron ore, copper output beat estimates The world's largest producer of iron ore shipped 91.3 Mt of the steel-making commodity from its Pilbara operations in the three months ended December 31. January 20, 2026 | 02:08 pm
