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.
Bessent says Australia, India invited to G7 meeting on critical minerals Bessent said he had been pressing for a separate meeting on the issue since last summer's summit of G7 leaders. January 09, 2026 | 04:30 pm
Rio-Glencore deal closer than ever with premium and CEO in focus Glencore boss Gary Nagle has called it the most obvious deal in mining. January 09, 2026 | 03:39 pm
Japan seeks support as fears rise over China’s rare earth grip The impact of China’s latest move is still unclear, but existing export controls have already lengthened the time required to procure rare earth magnets. January 09, 2026 | 03:16 pm