August 20, 2025

Copper developer lands LA fund manager’s $140M

Blue Moon is advancing an underground decline and early access blasting at its Nussir project in Norway.

August 20, 2025

Emerita’s El Cura gold-copper hits raise resource potential

The results come several months after Emerita released an updated resource for IBW that boosted indicated tonnage by 35%.

August 20, 2025

Nexa Resources restores full operations at Cerro Pasco

Operations at Atacocha and El Porvenir were briefly suspended due to blockades by members of the San Juan de Milpo community.

August 20, 2025

Vedanta’s demerger faces government pushback

The oils-to-metals conglomerate had said in December that it would split into four new listed entities.

August 19, 2025

Hindustan Zinc to expand into uranium mining if government allows, CEO says

India may allow private firms to mine, import and process uranium as part of plans to end a decades-old state monopoly over the nuclear sector.

August 18, 2025

Hindustan Zinc to invest $438 million to build reprocessing plant

The new plant will recover metal from tailing dumps.

August 14, 2025

Hybrid navigation system successfully deployed in Europe’s deepest mine

System entered a completely new environment - no GPS, no fixed infrastructure, no maps - and returned with precise positioning data, the company said.

August 14, 2025

Trump to offer Russia access to minerals for peace in Ukraine

The Telegraph reported that US President Donald Trump is prepared to let Moscow tap into its natural resources in Alaska and lift some sanctions on Russia’s aerospace industry.

August 14, 2025

Column: Zinc market shrugs off low LME stocks as another false signal

Zinc has underperformed the rest of the LME base metals pack all year and is still, uniquely, trading below its year-start price.

August 12, 2025

Column: Australia rescued a key metals refiner, but more is needed

The track record of Western governments in successfully enabling critical minerals development is far from encouraging.