December 16, 2025 Vale, Caterpillar and Sotreq sign deal to expand fleet of autonomous trucks in Pará, Brazil New agreement expands fleet to approximately 90 autonomous trucks in the region by 2028.
December 15, 2025 Sandvik partners with Northern Star for underground fleet investment Deliveries are expected to commence in Q1 2026 and continue through the course of the year.
December 13, 2025 Troilus set to get electricity for Quebec gold project The firm said it needs 70 megawatts to fully run the operation afterward.
December 12, 2025 Weir to acquire ESCO Elecmetal Fundición Limitada for $75 million Mining technology firm to acquire the remaining 50% share of its Chile-based joint venture.
December 11, 2025 Titan Mining starts operations at Kilbourne graphite plant in New York The company said this marks a historic step forward to restoring end-to-end US natural flake graphite production for the first time in decades.
December 10, 2025 Albemarle wraps up validation of lithium pilot plant in Chile Lithium recovery exceeded 94% during stable operation.
December 10, 2025 Perpetua partners with Idaho National Lab to build antimony processing plant The initiative is to demonstrate the feasibility of producing military specification antimony trisulfide from using material the Stibnite project.
December 10, 2025 Ford suppliers receive China’s new streamlined rare earth licences Ford appears to be the first foreign customer to acknowledge that suppliers have received approvals under the streamlined system.
December 10, 2025 USA Rare Earth brings forward commercial production plans by two years First production could begin late 2028, company said.
December 9, 2025 GE Vernova working with US government to boost stocks of yttrium The company is also investing in alternatives to replace certain rare earths used in production if it became necessary.
Centerra surges on PEA valuing Kemess gold-copper project a $1.1B When factoring in spot commodity prices, the Kemess NPV would almost triple to $2.7 billion, according to its latest PEA report. January 20, 2026 | 08:25 am
