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Mining news updates

 

2026–2027 SME scholarships now available

The Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME), its divisions and affiliates are once again offering scholarships to SME student members seeking a career in the mining and minerals industries.

Beyond securing supply: Building rare earth resilience

Anshuman Saini and Rahul Arora, Evalueserve, examine rare-earth supply concentration and present Evalueserve’s 5R framework for strengthening resilience through efficiency, recycling, diversified sourcing, regionalisation and substitution.

The next evolution of mining is knowledge, not data

Pervinder Johar, CEO of Avathon, considers why mining companies already have the data they need and why the next step is turning that information into operational knowledge that drives better decisions, faster.


More mining news updates

BHP awards Worley contracts for Copper South Australia projects

Worley has been awarded contracts by BHP to provide study and engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) services for expansion projects at Olympic Dam and Carrapateena, which remain subject to final investment decision by BHP.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Caterpillar and FieldAI advance AI-powered industrial innovation

As industries face growing labour shortages and increasing productivity demands, Caterpillar Inc. is collaborating with FieldAI to advance physical AI, autonomy, and robotics that help jobsites and factories operate safer and more efficiently.