August 27, 2025

From brown to green: Historical German lignite site converted to solar park

The project site runs along the so-called “death strip”, left behind by the GDR border guards in 1989.

August 27, 2025

Critical Metals, Ucore ink 10-year offtake deal to supply rare earths to US plant

The deal connects the Tanbreez project in Greenland with Ucore’s DoD funded processing facility in Louisiana.

August 27, 2025

Escondida mine union warns of self-driving truck accidents

BHP announced in July it had fully implemented autonomous operations for 33 trucks and eight drills.

August 26, 2025

Rock Tech inks German renewable energy deal for lithium plant

From the start of commissioning, a significant share of the converter's electricity demand is to be covered by renewable sources.

August 26, 2025

Energy Fuels soars on Vulcan Elements partnership

Energy Fuels will supply high-purity "light" and "heavy" separated rare earths to Vulcan for validation, starting in the fourth quarter of 2025.

August 26, 2025

Gemfields’ massive 11,685-carat ‘buffalo’ emerald set for auction

The gemstone is the largest of several emeralds unearthed at Kagem, already famed for record-breaking finds.

August 25, 2025

Sandvik launches AutoMine surface drilling training simulator​

Available for all i-series surface drill rigs, the simulator delivers a realistic, safe and cost-effective training environment.

August 25, 2025

Texas factory gives Chinese copper firm an edge in tariff war

Wellascent plans to invest in three years $100 million in the US plant.

August 22, 2025

Electra converts debt, launches $30M raise to jumpstart stalled cobalt refinery

The $250 million refinery in Temiskaming Shores, Ontario, has been on hold since its construction was halted in August 2023.

August 21, 2025

Seequent streams core images to Leapfrog to advance geological modelling

Leapfrog 2025.2 enables the extraction of significantly more value from logging data.