October 24, 2025

The World Mining Congress 2026 (WMC 2026) has successfully closed its call for technical abstract submissions, receiving 660 proposals from 38 countries across five continents. The response confirms the event’s global reach and its role as…

Saudi Arabia’s Maaden, one of the world’s fastest-growing mining companies, has awarded a major Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) contract to Bechtel for its Ar Rjum gold mine. The announcement follows…

Phoenix Tailings says it has opened one of the first domestic rare earth metallisation facilities with zero reliance on Chinese inputs, equipment, or technology in the US. Initially, the facility will produce 200 tons (181 t) of both light…

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources (MIM) has announced that exploration spending increased fivefold in four years, reaching SAR1.05 billion ($280.5 million) in 2024, up from SAR501 million in 2023 and SAR205 million…

Epiroc says it has successfully converted – from manual to fully driverless – all 78 mining haul trucks at Hancock Iron Ore’s Roy Hill mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The conversions – using Epiroc’s LinkOA system – are a…

Cornish Lithium, in a first for the UK, has started production of refined lithium hydroxide monohydrate (LHM) from lithium extracted from granite in Cornwall. In an end-to-end industrial process, the company is repurposing a former china…