Exploration & development

Somerset International, Inc. has partnered with Omnipro Representações Ltda. to expand access to its advanced tailings and dewatering technologies across Brazil’s growing mining sector.

MLG Oz Ltd. has announced the execution of a contract with Rio Tinto for the provision of bulk haulage and site services in support of ongoing activities at the Western Turner Syncline Mine.

Cora Gold Ltd. has announced the results of recent metallurgical test work undertaken with a view to achieving process flow sheet optimisation at its flagship Sanankoro Gold Project in south Mali.

Vulcan Energy has announced its drilling subsidiary, Vercana, has commenced drilling the first new well for the Phase One Lionheart Project at the Schleidberg well site near Landau, Germany.

Silver Mines has received news out of the NSW Department of Planning, Housing, and Infrastructure that helps clear the development pathway for its Bowdens Silver Project.

Central Asia Metals Plc (CAML) has entered into a definitive Scheme Implementation Deed with New World Resources Ltd. (NWR) under which CAML has agreed to acquire all of the shares in NWR for AUS$0.05 per share.

sensmore, a Berlin/Potsdam-based robotics startup, has secured US$7.3 million in funding to bring Physical AI to the world’s largest mobile machinery.

A fleet of 100 Huaneng Ruichi autonomous electric mining trucks has entered operation at the Yimin opencast mine in Inner Mongolia, China.

Rio Tinto and Corporación Nacional Del Cobre de Chile have signed binding agreements to form a joint venture to develop and operate a high-grade lithium project.

Starr Peak Mining Ltd. has acquired the Copper Clive Project a land package located in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt of Québec.

Anglo Asian Mining PLC has started production from Gilar, a new underground mine at the Gedabek site.

Lloyd’s Register Foundation has announced the launch of its new Global Safety Evidence Centre, backed by a £15 million investment over 10 years.

Ilya Epikhin – Principal, and Carlo Stella – Managing Partner, Arthur D. Little, discuss how mining players should respond to the US unilaterally fast-tracking seabed mining.

Geoff Pryde, Chief Technical Director at PsiQuantum, reveals how quantum computing will transform mining operations in the next few years.

Komatsu has accomplished the significant milestone of autonomously operating a power agnostic electric drive truck while connected to a dynamic trolley line.