North American mining news

MEC’s newest Mineral Baby infographic reflects importance of ongoing domestic minerals push.

Caterpillar Inc. has acquired Skycatch, Inc., a leading provider of spatial data capture, processing, and analysis solutions for the mining industry, further enhancing its capabilities following the recent acquisition of RPMGlobal (RPM).

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SME has announced a call for abstracts for its next annual conference and expo, MINEXCHANGE 2027, due to take place from 28 February to 3 March 2027 in Denver.

Perenti’s underground mining business, Barminco, has been awarded the contract to provide underground mining services at Barrick’s Fourmile Project in Nevada, USA.

Vizsla Copper Corp. has reported that a fully funded 2026 diamond drilling exploration programme has commenced at its Palmer VMS Project in Southeast Alaska.

Vema Hydrogen has announced that it has entered into a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) with First Atlantic Nickel & Cobalt Corp, to jointly develop Engineered Mineral Hydrogen (EMH) at the Pipestone XL project, a 30 km ultramafic belt in central Newfoundland.

Robit has signed several supply agreements in strategically important mining markets for the company in Australia, North America, and South Africa.

Bowman has secured a series of mining-related contracts totalling more than US$4 million, including assignments supporting US-based extractors of critical minerals and precious metals.

Metso has inaugurated its expanded Service Centre and new Training Centre in Mesa, Arizona, strengthening customer support for customer’s mining operations in the US Southwest.