March 11, 2024 Arizona Lithium inks agreement for Big Sandy project The miner has entered into a services agreement with Navajo Transitional Energy Company for the lithium project.
March 10, 2024 Global copper smelters less active in first two months of 2024 An average of 11.5% of copper smelter capacity monitored by Earth-i was inactive during January and February.
March 8, 2024 Column: Nickel rout is energy-transition warning for West Western governments could mimic Indonesia by granting tax holidays to critical minerals operations.
March 8, 2024 AI can potentially estimate global environmental destruction due to road development for mining Australia-based researchers trained three machine-learning models to automatically map road features in rural, generally remote and often forested areas.
March 8, 2024 BHP becomes first miner in Chile to exceed 40% female representation In 2016, BHP had only 17.5% female workers globally and today employs 1,509 women at Escondida mine alone.
March 8, 2024 Perseus extends OreCorp takeover bid to April Perseus and Silvercorp are vying for OreCorp’s Nyanzaga gold project in Tanzania, slated to produce 242,000 oz./year over its first decade.
March 7, 2024 US backs Australian, Brazil rare earths projects for up to $850 million If confirmed, this would be the first ever US investment in an Australian rare earths project.
March 7, 2024 Karora in merger talks with Ramelius Resources The Canadian gold miner has its integrated Beta Hunt Gold Mine and Higginsville Gold Operations in Western Australia.
March 7, 2024 AustralianSuper raises stake in Pilbara Minerals The country's largest pension fund now holds a voting power of 7.37% in Pilbara.
March 7, 2024 Australia and Vietnam upgrade relations, to begin talks on critical minerals The ties upgrade marks the latest success for Communist-ruled Vietnam's "bamboo diplomacy".
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am