The New South Wales planning authority has formally approved Yancoal Australia’s Hunter Valley coal mine expansion, securing extraction rights through 2045.
Black Rock Silver intends to purchase the Topopa East property to expand its silver-focused asset portfolio.
Homeland Nickel has partnered with Westwin under a nickel concentrate off-take agreement to accelerate development of its Red Flat project.
A newly concluded electricity framework in South Africa has cleared the path for Glencore-Merapi and other producers to reactivate dormant smelting operations.
A Zambian state-owned enterprise has formally accused Abu Dhabi International Resources Holding of breaching operational terms tied to the Mopani copper mine.
Severe coal supply disruptions linked to El Niño weather patterns have compelled Indonesia’s cement sector to temporarily suspend production lines.
Fortescue has successfully produced its initial batch of low-carbon iron at the Christmas Creek facility using Metso’s electric direct reduced iron furnace technology.
Montage Gold has accelerated the startup timeline at its Koné operation in Côte d’Ivoire, reaching initial gold output earlier than originally planned.
Indian firm Sindhu Trade Link has completed a 9.23 billion rupee acquisition securing majority stakes in two entities controlling a major coal asset in Indonesia’s East Kalimantan.
Olympio Metals has launched drilling at the Jacknife silver property in Idaho, initiating the region's first modern exploration program since 2012 and signaling a renewed effort to evaluate the deposit's potential.
SPIC Energy's Zakhana'er Aluminum Branch commissions 350,000 tons of green power aluminum in Inner Mongolia, raising the Huolinhe cluster's total capacity to 1.21 million tons while advancing the region's transition to renewable energy and lower-cost smelting.
Argentina has implemented the XDEM regulatory framework to require major lithium and copper developers to secure independent power supplies amid projected energy demand growth exceeding 400 percent through 2034.
India’s state-owned miner NMDC has officially launched operations at its newly integrated Bacheli-Naghnath iron ore facility.
The UK government will provide nearly £10 million toward a £43 million advanced lithium extraction facility in Cornwall, aiming to strengthen domestic critical mineral supply chains.
Barrick Gold has reached a settlement with a Malian gold workers’ union to resolve ongoing labor tensions and secure uninterrupted mine operations.
The Trump administration has commenced a thirty-month environmental review of the Amule open-pit copper and zinc deposit, introducing a prolonged regulatory timeline for the proposed extraction project.
Barrick Gold has finalized a revised labor agreement with workers at its Mali-based Loulo-Gounkoto complex, successfully preventing an imminent work stoppage that could have disrupted output.
A United States federal body has issued a supplemental environmental impact statement focusing on potential tailings dam failures at the Donlin gold project.