Midana Exploration Pty Ltd (Hancock) and Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden) representatives attended a Round 9 licence award ceremony held during the Future Minerals Forum in Riyadh on 14 January 2026.
The Perch River Uranium Property, located in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin – home to the world’s highest-grade uranium deposits – is an early-stage, highly prospective exploration project operated by Fermi Exploration Ltd (“Fermi”).
Dyno Nobel has introduced the newest addition to its electronic initiation offering, the Navus handheld blaster.
Rio Tinto has energised a new 25-megawatt solar plant at its Kennecott copper operations in Utah, showcasing a circular critical-minerals supply chain in which tellurium produced at the site is used to manufacture the panels now powering it.
Opus One Gold Corp has announced that two drill rigs have been mobilised on its 100% owned Noyell gold project located in the Abitibi mining district close to the mining town of Matagami in Quebec province, Canada.
Within the framework of the Future Minerals Forum (FMF), Dr. Doris Hiam-Gálvez, PhD, FCAE, Program Chair of World Mining Congress 2026, took part in the Great Debate entitled “What happened to the nation builders?”, where she offered a profound reflection on the role of mining in national development.
Jane Marsh, Editor-in-Chief at Environment.co, outlines best practices in post-mining site remediation and equipment selection, with a focus on proactive strategies aligned with long-term environmental and operational goals.
Metso’s Direct Blister Furnace has been successfully started up at Kamoa Copper’s Kamoa Kakula copper smelter in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with the first copper anodes cast at the end of December.
Brazilian Nickel Limited (BRN), a private company focused on the development of primary nickel and cobalt production in Brazil, has announced that it has signed a non-binding agreement with Westwin Elements (Westwin) to supply high-grade Mixed Hydroxide Precipitate (MHP).
Barrick Gold Corporation has selected Metso’s Concorde CellTM flotation technology for its Lumwana expansion project in North-Western Province in Zambia.
A project to digitise geotechnical data for risk management at an Anglo American nickel mine in Brazil represents a ‘paradigm shift’ and sets new standards for innovation in the mining sector.
Geopolitical shifts, a rewired energy transition and cautious investment strategies will define the metals and mining sector in 2026 according to Wood Mackenzie.
Maaden has commissioned Metso to supply a gold processing plant for their Ar Rjum mine located in the Makkah Region, approximately 200 km northeast of Ta’if, Ar Rjum in Saudi-Arabia.
Ausenco has mobilised its technical team to implement the Jervois project in São Paulo, taking on responsibility for the engineering, up to pre-commissioning, of the nickel and cobalt refinery.
Sandvik will supply 16 surface drills with AutoMine® readiness for Vale Base Metals’ copper operations in Brazil.