Category: Geology, Mining, and Metallurgy

Karo Platinum Signs 25-Year Special Mining Lease in Zimbabwe

On August 24, Karo Platinum signed a Special Mining Lease agreement with the Government of Zimbabwe,...

2026-08-28

Steer Secures First North American Order, to Deploy Mixed Cat and Komatsu Autonomous Fleet by 2027

As demand continues to grow, Norwegian autonomous haulage company Steer has signed its first custome...

2026-08-28

Brazil's July crude steel output reaches 2.804 million tons, up 0.1% year-on-year

According to global crude steel production data released on August 24, Brazil produced 2.804 million...

2026-08-27

Australia's Brightstar Expands Sandstone Gold Mine

On August 25, Brightstar Resources completed the first two diamond drill holes of the deep drilling ...

2026-08-27

Australia's Brightstar Drills Over 500m of Mineralization at Sandstone Gold Mine

Brightstar Resources' first diamond drill hole exceeding 1,000 meters depth at the Two Mile Hill dep...

2026-08-27

U.S. Export-Import Bank Issues $1.1 Billion Preliminary Project Letter of Intent to Ivanhoe Electric

On August 24, Ivanhoe Electric received a preliminary project letter from the U.S. Export-Import Ban...

2026-08-27

Alcoa starts construction of 100-tonne-per-year gallium plant in Australia

On August 24, Alcoa commenced construction of a gallium production facility at its Wagerup alumina r...

2026-08-27

Australia's PLS Awards TOMRA Contract for Installation of 22 Sorters

PLS (Pilbara Minerals) has awarded TOMRA Mining a contract to install 22 ore sorters at its Pilgango...

2026-08-27

Australia's Argent completes feasibility study for 63.7Mt Kempfield silver project in 2029

Argent Minerals' new CEO Mike McKevitt is accelerating development of the Kempfield silver project i...

2026-08-27

Dart Mining to Drill Two Deep Targets at Walwa Tin Project in October

Dart Mining (ASX: DTM) will commence diamond drilling in October to test two deep targets at the Wal...

2026-08-27

Thyssenkrupp Steel Slab Caster in Germany Passes Acceptance in April 2026 with Capacity of 2.3 Million Tons

The upgrade project for slab caster No. 4 at thyssenkrupp Steel's Duisburg plant in Germany passed f...

2026-08-27

Chile's Codelco and others jointly develop Tovaku copper mine with $870 million investment

On August 25, Codelco and Pucobre completed the establishment of the Minera Puntilla S.A. joint vent...

2026-08-27

Sonoro Gold Acquires 23 Mining Concessions at Cerro Caliche Project in Mexico

Canadian mining company Sonoro Gold Corp. announced that its Mexican subsidiary, Minera Mar de Plata...

2026-08-27

China Yunnan Tin Datun Tin Mine Secures Two Utility Model Patents for Slurry Sampling Technologies

Recently, two technologies independently developed by Datun Tin Mine of Yunnan Tin Co., Ltd. (herein...

2026-08-27

CCCC Chairman Song Hailiang Holds Talks with Rio Tinto Chairman Simon Thompson; Bai Yinzhan Attends

On August 25, Song Hailiang, Chairman of China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), held ta...

2026-08-26

Uzbekistan's Chadak Gold Mine Tailings Facility Upgrade Completed and Commissioned

On August 25, the Chadak Mining Administration, part of the Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Combine...

2026-08-26

Ganfeng Lithium Signs Agreement for 150,000-Ton Annual Lithium Project in Argentina

On August 24, Ganfeng Lithium and Lithium Argentina signed a definitive agreement to form a PPG join...

2026-08-26

US Mesabi Metallics Project ~99% Complete, Output Expected in Q4

On August 24, The Metals Royalty Company (TMCR), a US mining company, announced that the Mesabi Meta...

2026-08-26

Mexico's Pacifica Silver Expands Drilling Program to 30,000 Meters

On August 20, Pacifica Silver expanded the Phase 2 drilling program at the Claudia silver-gold proje...

2026-08-26

Chile's Quiborax Signs First $70 Million Lithium Operating Contract

On August 25, the Chilean government signed a Special Lithium Operating Contract with Quiborax, auth...

2026-08-26

Metso Secures Order for Mineral Processing Equipment for Yitirrti Copper-Zinc-Silver Project

Metso has received an order from GR Engineering Services (GRES) to supply core mineral processing te...

2026-08-25

Overseas Capacity Steps Up Strongly! Zhaojin Mining Posts H1 Revenue of RMB 9.022 Billion

On the evening of August 23, Zhaojin Mining Industry Co., Ltd. disclosed its interim results fo...

2026-08-25

Brazil's Vale downgrades Forquilha I tailings dam emergency level from 2 to 1

On August 18, the Forquilha I tailings dam at Vale's Fábrica mine in Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazi...

2026-08-25

Andrada and Unicorn Sign Separate Loan Agreements to Advance Tin and Copper Projects in Namibia

Andrada Mining and Unicorn Mineral Resources have separately announced the signing of loan agreement...

2026-08-25

Argentina's El Quevar Silver Project: 45.3 Million Ounces Resource Update in 2027

Argenta Silver is advancing the repositioning of the El Quevar silver project in Salta Province, Arg...

2026-08-25

Tudor Gold Corp. Discovers 4.59 g/t Gold Porphyry System in Canada

Tudor Gold Corp. (TSXV: TUD | Frankfurt: H56) has completed the first four drill holes of its 2026 e...

2026-08-25

Goldgroup Mining Commences Drilling at San Francisco Gold Mine, Advances Restart Technical Study

Goldgroup Mining has initiated a 26,053-meter diamond drilling program and is concurrently advancing...

2026-08-25

Endeavour Silver Lifts Terronera Mine Blockade, Operations Resume August 24

On August 23, Endeavour Silver Corp. announced that the blockade at its Terronera mine in Jalisco, M...

2026-08-25

Kazakhstan's Zhetysu Region Gold Resources Exceed 571 Tons; Zhetysu Gold Plans to Invest 63 Billion Tenge to Build a Cluster

Kazakhstan's Zhetysu Region has total gold resources of 571.5 tons, but most of them have not yet re...

2026-08-25

Brazil's Critical Minerals Association Releases Ten Proposals to Submit to Presidential Candidates

On August 24, the Brazilian Critical Minerals Association (AMC) released a document titled "National...

2026-08-25