US Pantera Launches First Drilling Campaign at Gillham Antimony-Silver Project
On August 18, 2026, Pantera Minerals commenced its first diamond drilling campaign at the Gillham an...
Brazilian Rare Earths plans $969 million investment in rare earth project, targeting production start in 2031
Brazilian Rare Earths has completed the scoping study for its Rocha da Rocha rare earth project in B...
Fortescue's Green Iron Project in Australia Produces First Hot Metal
Fortescue's Green Iron Project at its Christmas Creek mine site in Western Australia recently produc...
U.S. Proposes $162 Million for 9 Critical Mineral Recycling Projects
On August 18, the U.S. Department of Energy selected 9 critical mineral recycling projects and propo...
Russia's Asha Metallurgical Plant Completes First Replacement of Caster Turret Bearing in Twenty Years
On August 18, Russia's Asha Metallurgical Plant completed the replacement of the slewing bearing on ...
Captura and ElectraLith Enter Five-Year Direct Lithium Extraction Partnership
On August 18, U.S. electrochemical technology company Captura and Australian direct lithium extracti...
Q2 2027 Completion: Canada's Electra Secures $84 Million for Cobalt Refinery
Electra Battery Materials (NASDAQ:ELBM; TSXV:ELBM) is building the only cobalt sulfate refinery unde...
Fortuna Mining Acquires Senegal's Bambadji Gold Exploration Project for $200 Million
Dimension News, August 10 — Canada's Fortuna Mining Corp. (NYSE: FSM | TSX: FVI) announced the compl...
Ramaco Resources and Indium Corporation Sign Non-Binding Gallium and Germanium Memorandum of Understanding
Ramaco Resources, Inc. announced on August 18, 2026, that it has signed a non-binding Memorandum of ...
Greenwing Selects Four DLE Pilot Partners to Advance Argentine Lithium Project
Dimension News, August 18 — Australian-listed critical minerals company Greenwing Resources Ltd (ASX...
Sendero Intersects 48 g/t Silver at Peñas Negras, Argentina
Dimension Network News, August 17 — Sendero Resources Corp. (TSX-V:SEND), a Canadian junior explorat...
2026 Fastmarkets launches low-carbon copper premium at $315-411/t
Members of the International Copper Association (ICA) have committed to achieving net-zero Scope 1 (...
Saudi Aramco and Maaden Sign Shareholder Agreement to Form Mineral Exploration Joint Venture
Dimension News, August 18 — Saudi Arabian state oil company Saudi Aramco (Aramco) and Saudi Arabian ...
Chile's ENAMI Advances Formalization of Small-Scale Gold Mining
On August 18, Chile's National Mining Company (ENAMI) signed a cooperation agreement with the Univer...
Australia's Astral Signs Land Use Agreement for Mandilla Gold Mine, Q1 2027
On August 18, Astral Resources, through its subsidiary Mandilla Gold, signed a land use agreement wi...
Canadian Government Invests Nearly CAD 70 Billion to Boost Clean Energy and Critical Minerals Development
The Canadian government is scaling up investments in clean energy, investment, and critical minerals...
NexGen in Talks with BHP for $1 Billion Uranium Mine Financing
On August 17, Canadian uranium developer NexGen Energy said it remains in discussions with BHP regar...
Locksley Halts Exploration at Mojave Project in the US
On August 17, Locksley Resources announced the cessation of field exploration, drilling, and regiona...
JOGMEC and Toyota Tsusho Acquire 50% Interest in Namibia's Lofdal Heavy Rare Earth Project
Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC) and Toyota Tsusho Corporation have comple...
Canada's Thunder Gold Intersects 228.5-Meter Gold Zone
On August 17, Thunder Gold reported drilling results from the extension hole TM21-107X at the Bench ...
Lode Gold Launches Metallurgical Drilling at Fremont Gold Mine in California, USA
On August 17, Lode Gold Resources has initiated metallurgical drilling at the Fremont Gold Mine in t...
AuKing Tundulu Rare Earth Project in Malawi Drills 510.6 Meters, Intersecting Carbonatite
AuKing Mining (ASX:AKN) has drilled its first diamond hole at the Tundulu Rare Earth Project in Mala...
Ghana's Asante Gold Sets 2026 Production Target of 275,000–300,000 Ounces
Asante Gold Corporation has issued its annual operating guidance amid 2026 gold prices surpassing $4...
Brazil's Cuiú Cuiú Gold Mine Receives Operating License, First Gold Production Advanced to September 2026
Cabral Gold Inc. (TSXV: CBR | OTCQX: CBGZF) has obtained an operating license from SEMAS/PA, the env...
Outokumpu starts up bio-coke plant in Tornio, Finland with €30 million investment
Outokumpu has started up a new bio-coke briquetting plant in Tornio, Finland, with an investment of ...
Kazakhstan to Invest 40.7 Billion Tenge in Exploring Gold, Copper, Lithium and Other Minerals from 2026 to 2028
Relevant authorities in Kazakhstan are currently conducting regional geological surveys at a scale o...
American Rare Earths Signs MOU with Novex for Rare Earth Oxides
American Rare Earths (ARR) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with U.S.-based Novex for ...
West Cobar Metals Commences 1,000m First Drilling at Blind Freddie
West Cobar Metals (ASX:WC1) has commenced air-core drilling approximately 50km west of Cobar in New ...
Chile's AMTC Lithium Water Recovery Technology Granted Patent in Argentina
The LiSa® lithium water recovery technology, developed by the Advanced Mining Technology Center (AMT...
Peru's Energy and Mines Minister: Aiming to Drive Approximately $40 Billion in Mining Investment Over the Next Five Years
Guillermo Shinno, Minister of Energy and Mines of Peru (Ministerio de Energía y Minas, abbreviated a...