October 2025

Almost a year into a trial of battery swap electric haul truck technology at the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia, Rio Tinto and China’s State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) Qiyuan have provided an update on progress. The trial, Rio…

Newmont Corporation says its Ahafo North project in Ghana has achieved commercial production, marking the successful completion of one of its most significant recent mining developments. The announcement follows the successful first gold…

Introduction Global copper prices are expected to remain elevated through 2026, supported by persistent supply disruptions, labor strikes, and environmental restrictions that have limited production at major mines in Chile, Peru, and the…

Introduction Shares of rare earth mining companies across Asia and the US slumped on Monday after Washington and Beijing reached a tentative truce on trade and critical minerals, pausing new tariffs and export restrictions that had fueled…

Worley has been appointed to deliver the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) phase for the Rio Tinto Brockman Syncline 1 (BS1) iron ore project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The scope of the services…

Metso has received an order to deliver the third iron ore sintering plant to be built at Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) IISCO Steel Plant (ISP) in Asansol, West Bengal, India. The order comes with a value of approximately €32 million…

Discovery Silver has just added a new Epiroc Minetruck MT42 SG battery-electric haul truck to its Hoyle Pond mine in Ontario, Canada, as part of its ongoing plans to invest in a long and successful future for its Porcupine operations in and…

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL) and EACON Mining Technology have announced a strategic partnership to, they say, revolutionise mining haulage. Signed on October 24 in Ningde, China, the collaboration will focus on…

Introduction In a significant push toward India’s critical minerals self-reliance, the Ministry of Mines has officially recognised two new Centres of Excellence (CoEs) under the Critical Minerals Mission, bringing the total number of such…

Introduction Donald Trump, on a diplomatic and trade push at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Kuala Lumpur, has signed multiple trade and critical-minerals agreements with four Southeast Asian nations—namely…