October 31, 2025 US approves first cleanup of abandoned, contaminated uranium mines For decades, thousands of sites associated with abandoned uranium mine waste have remained contaminated — many on or near Navajo and tribal lands.
October 31, 2025 Summit Nanotech slashes water use by 30% in lithium extraction Independent validation shows Summit’s process uses less freshwater than ponds and 50% less than DLE, with high recovery.
October 30, 2025 Outokumpu invests $45 million in US chromium pilot plant The largest producer of stainless steel in Europe plans to be operational in H1 2027 in New Hampshire.
October 30, 2025 Angola seeks $4.5 billion for rail link to Zambia’s Copperbelt The cost estimate for the US-backed rail project is significantly higher than previous ones for the 800-kilometer project.
October 30, 2025 Arca Climate Technologies inks 10-year carbon removal offtake with Microsoft Agreement is a significant development for its solution in industrial mineralization, the company said.
October 30, 2025 BHP, POSCO sign deal to advance hydrogen-based low emissions iron Construction is set to begin soon with commissioning targeted for early 2028.
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.
EU risks slow demise of aluminum industry if carbon tax not scrapped, Constellium CEO says The upcoming tax - coupled with concerns over supply - has pushed up European premiums for physical metal to a 10-month high. December 05, 2025 | 10:47 am