May 14, 2025 Komatsu achieves autonomous trolley milestone with battery-ready electric drive truck This achievement marks the first time in the mining industry’s history that power has been transferred to a moving, autonomously operated haul truck via a trolley system.
May 13, 2025 MTM Critical Metals secures permitted Texas industrial site for recovery plant The facility will focus on recovering high-value critical metals – such as gallium, germanium, indium and gold-rich e-waste.
May 13, 2025 Earth AI announces high-grade indium find at Kooranjie project in Australia The company says it is the first mineral explorer to identify indium at ore-grade concentrations within the region.
May 13, 2025 ABC Refinery adopts bullion verification technology The ProvCheck app, developed by Western Australia-based Blockhead Technologies, is designed to help miners and refiners meet the LBMA requirements.
May 13, 2025 Kazatomprom obtains financing for sulphuric acid plant The total cost of the project is about 113 billion tenge ($222.5 million).
May 13, 2025 Op-Ed: From carbon laundering to strategic resilience — a mining imperative For years, developed economies have pointed to declining carbon emissions as proof of environmental leadership.
May 11, 2025 Huaneng launches 100 5G-A mining trucks in Inner Mongolia The Yimin coal mine will be the world's first open-pit mine using 5G-Advanced (5G-A) technology for fully autonomous operations.
May 9, 2025 Fortune Minerals reports NICO bismuth project test work results for planned Alberta refinery Company says the NICO deposit contains 12% of global bismuth reserves as well as 1.1 million in-situ ounces of gold.
May 9, 2025 Tsingshan ‘has not given up’ on Chile lithium plans despite plant retreat Tsingshan and Chinese automaker BYD backed out of plans this week to build major lithium cathode plants in Chile.
May 8, 2025 Ouster to supply lidar sensors for Komatsu’s suite of autonomous offerings The companies have agreed to incorporate 3D digital lidar sensors into mining equipment to advance autonomous solutions.
Aluminum and copper prices take breather after explosive start to 2026 Industrial metals have enjoyed a bullish run into the new year. January 13, 2026 | 03:12 pm
