2025

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…

Introduction As China tightens its export restrictions on rare earth elements (REEs), India finds itself racing to boost domestic production—but progress remains slow due to technological, infrastructural, and policy hurdles. Despite…

India is intensifying its push to recycle electronic waste (e-waste) as part of a national strategy to recover critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, and rare earth elements — essential materials that power everything from…

The recently signed Australia–United States Critical Minerals Partnership has set the stage for a major geopolitical and economic shift in global resource supply chains. With a joint investment framework worth US $8.5 billion (A $13…

London/New Delhi: Global gold investments are on track to hit record-breaking inflows in 2025, as investors flock to the precious metal amid geopolitical tensions, inflationary pressures, and uncertainty in global equity markets. According…

New Delhi: A recent government review has revealed that 12 mining projects under South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) — a subsidiary of Coal India Limited (CIL) — are running behind schedule, raising concerns over production targets and…