July 23, 2025

Lab-grown gems put squeeze on diamond mining industry

Cheap man-made diamonds are making life harder for miners, flooding the market with gems nearly indistinguishable from natural ones.

July 22, 2025

Aclara seeks state funding for US-Brazil plans

Aclara wants to begin tapping ionic clay deposits in Chile and Brazil by 2028.

July 21, 2025

Brazilian miners warned of potential $1 billion in tariff pain

Brazilian miners rely on US manufacturers for heavy equipment such as excavators and the mammoth dump trucks that can haul 100-ton loads.

July 21, 2025

Titan Mining targets Q4 2025 to become only integrated US graphite producer

There is only one producing graphite mine in North America, Northern Graphite’s Lac des Iles in Quebec.

July 21, 2025

Sibanye-Stillwater buys US precious metals recycler Metallix

Metallix recovers gold, silver and platinum group metals from industrial waste, helping Sibanye-Stillwater expand its US recycling footprint.

July 18, 2025

BHP delays Jansen potash mine, blows budget by 30%

BHP plans to spend $7B-$7.4B on the mine's first phase, up from $5.7B, with initial production a full year behind schedule.

July 17, 2025

Saskatchewan Research Council adds full-scale laser sorter to mining industry services

SRC's Minerals Liberation Sorting Centre is the only third-party, independent testing centre to offer bench-to-pilot scale testing, it said.

July 17, 2025

Energy Fuels surges to 3-year high as it begins heavy rare earth production

Commercial production could begin as early as Q4 2026, says the company.

July 17, 2025

Boliden mine to host world’s deepest marathon at 1,120m 

Run will take place inside the Garpenberg zinc mine in Sweden, one of Europe’s deepest.

July 16, 2025

Aclara Resources, Stanford University partner on AI-powered rare earth research

Aclara opened in April its heavy rare earth pilot plant, which it will use to test the production of dysprosium and terbium from ionic clay extracted from its Carina project.