American Pacific Mining Corp. has highlighted the recent addition of copper to the US Geological Survey (USGS)’s 2025 list of critical minerals as the Trump Administration expands the scope of what minerals are considered vital to US interests.
Electra Battery Materials Corporation, a leader in advancing North America’s critical minerals processing, announces the issuance of a major mechanical, piping, electrical and instrumentation (“SMPEI”) tender package as part of its refinery construction works in Temiskaming Shores, Ontario.
Jonathan Ford, Director of National Geoscience at the British Geological Survey (BGS), and Karen Hanghøj, BGS Executive Director and member of the Organising Committee of the World Mining Congress (WMC) 2026, discuss the importance of geological data in unlocking the geological potential of the South American region as a key source of critical minerals for the global energy transition and international supply security.
Rainbow Rare Earths has announced that it has updated the Phalaborwa MRE to include yttrium, one of the heavy rare earths that has been subject to Chinese export controls since April 2025.
Vedanta Resources Limited has announced the launch of CopperTech Metals Inc, a US-domiciled company with a mission to 'Power the Copper Century' and to bolster America's copper security needs while capitalising on surging copper demand driven by artificial intelligence, data centre expansion, grid modernisation, defence technologies and industrial onshoring requirements.
Kodal Minerals, the West African lithium producer and mineral exploration and development company, has announced the official opening of the Stage 1 Bougouni Lithium Project in southern Mali by General Assimi Goïta, President of the Republic of Mali.
Companhia Brasileira de Lítio (CBL), a pioneer in underground mining of lithium bearing pegmatite, has addressed a persistent dilution challenge using STEINERT’s sensor-based sorting technology.
Vulcan Energy has secured the permit to build its upstream lithium extraction plant for the Phase One Lionheart Project in Landau, Germany, with all major construction permits now received.
Amaroq Ltd, an independent mine development corporation focused on unlocking Greenland’s mineral potential, has announced the initial results from its 2025 field exploration programme on multiple satellite gold projects in South Greenland, following interpretation by the company’s technical team.
Great Western Mining Corporation PLC, a strategic minerals exploration and development company, has announced the results of a soil sampling campaign for tungsten and other metals on claims bordering its Huntoon Copper Project in Nevada USA.
Electra Battery Materials Corporation has launched a new programme to advance mineral deposit modelling and feedstock integration at its Iron Creek cobalt–copper project in Idaho, supporting US efforts to onshore critical mineral production and reduce dependence on foreign supply chains.
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved an aquifer exemption request from the Utah Department of Environmental Quality (UDEQ) that will allow the expansion of copper mining in a part of the Burro Canyon aquifer in San Juan County, Utah.
Newmont Corporation have announced that its Ahafo North project in Afrisipakrom, Ghana has achieved commercial production, marking the successful completion of one of West Africa's most significant recent mining developments.
Cornish Lithium, the innovative mineral development company, today announced that, in a first for the UK, it had started production of refined LHM from lithium extracted from granite in Cornwall.
Maaden (Saudi Arabian Mining Company), one of the world’s fastest-growing mining companies, has awarded a major Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) contract to Bechtel for its Ar Rjum gold mine.