October 29, 2025 Chile’s ENAMI wins environmental permit for new $1.7B copper smelter The new facility will process up to 850,000 metric tons of copper concentrate per year.
October 28, 2025 Stake in 186-kg gold cube may be sold in Austrian insolvency Using the current market price of $3,962 an ounce, the value of the gold in the entire cube would be around $23 million.
October 28, 2025 Fortescue expands autonomous fleet at Solomon operations Epiroc's RCT was tasked with the design, installation, and commissioning of two CAT 350 Excavators and four D10T Dozers with its teleremote control solution.
October 28, 2025 Cameco soars on $80 billion US nuclear pact Under the partnership, Westinghouse will deploy its AP1000 reactor, which it hails as the most advanced commercially available.
October 28, 2025 Banks, investors pumped $52B into met coal between 2022 and 2024: report Banks lent $22B despite climate pledges, while investors still hold $30B in related securities.
October 28, 2025 Rewind launches world’s first deep mine carbon vault By 2030, Rewind plans to remove 1M tonnes of carbon yearly via deep mines, marine basins and anoxic sites.
October 27, 2025 Rare earth producers look to US-led boom to blunt China’s power By using the long-threatened critical mineral weapon once again in advance of this week’s talks, China has undoubtedly encouraged production outside its borders.
October 27, 2025 Rio Tinto flags uncertain future at Australia’s largest aluminum smelter The smelter has been struggling with high power prices.
October 27, 2025 Albemarle to raise $660 million in catalyst sales The firm agreed to sell a controlling stake in Ketjen Corp.’s refining catalyst solutions business to private equity firm KPS Capital.
October 27, 2025 Ramaco eyes REE stockpile at Wyoming mine Brook could be the second new REE mine to open in America in 70 years.
Op-ed: America can’t defend itself with Chinese minerals US is building new critical-mineral processing facilities from Texas to Tennessee, but without new sources of raw material, those plants will sit idle. January 23, 2026 | 12:56 pm
