Africa’s next mining boom must deliver more than minerals
Régis Hounkpè, Founder and Executive Director of InterGlobe Conseils, argues that Africa’s next mining boom must deliver lasting economic benefits.
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Metals and mining entered 2026 with record market capitalisation and some of the strongest financials of the past decade, but the headline performance masks an industry where productivity has stalled and value creation has become increasingly concentrated, according to McKinsey & Company's Global Materials Perspective 2026.
OPITO, the global skills authority for safety-critical industries, has launched One Safety Vision, its inaugural report on knowledge and skills transfer across APAC’s safety-critical energy and mining sectors.
SPH Engineering, a solution architect for drone-based surveying, inspection and mapping, announced the winners of its inaugural Global Drone Operations Awards during SPH Drone Camp.
Seequent, The Bentley Subsurface Company, has launched Imago image analysis, a new AI-powered capability built directly into its cloud-based solution Imago for extracting knowledge from geoscientific imagery.
30 years after transforming fine grinding in mineral processing, the IsaMill continues to evolve, helping operations around the world improve energy efficiency, increase throughput and unlock greater value from their ore bodies.
Energy Exploration Technologies, Inc. (EnergyX), has announced that it has signed a binding, definitive lithium offtake agreement with Trafigura.
Eldorado Gold Corporation has announced that the European Commission has designated its Skouries copper-gold mine in northern Greece as a Strategic Project under the European Union’s Critical Raw Materials Act.
Metso has expanded its long-standing partnership with KrossKonsult AB and its Norwegian subsidiary, KrossKonsult Norway AS, to further strengthen equipment availability and customer service for the aggregates market in Norway.
Juliet Zhu, Head of International Business, Shandong Gangyan Grinding Ball Co., Ltd., illustrates a practical framework for mining buyers to compare forged grinding ball specifications, batch records, and plant performance in ball and SAG mills.
