• What’s behind North Korea’s coal industry push?
    Wednesday, July 15, 2026 from MQWorld.com News
    North Korea held the second plenary session of the ninth Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea from June 20 to 22. According to Rodong Sinmun, the party’s official newspaper, the meeting’s purpose was to review North Korea’s...
  • MCA hails Wagerup gallium FID as ‘significant step forward’
    Wednesday, July 15, 2026 from MQWorld.com News
    Australia is set to supply around 10 per cent of the world’s gallium after Alcoa and the Australian, US and Japanese Governments locked in a final investment decision (FID) on a plant at the Wagerup alumina refinery near Perth in Western...
  • Copper growth drives Rio Tinto gains
    Wednesday, July 15, 2026 from MQWorld.com News
    Rio Tinto has reported a three per cent year-on-year increase in copper equivalent (CuEq) production for the first half of 2026, driven by growth its copper, iron ore, aluminium and lithium businesses. The company’s operational...
  • American Resources Chosen by U.S. DOE for Rare Earth Recovery Pilot
    Tuesday, July 14, 2026 from MQWorld.com News
    American Resources Corporation  recently announced that it has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) to enter award negotiations under the Mines & Metals Capacity Expansion – Piloting Byproduct Critical Minerals and...
  • Genesis and Vault seal merger to create gold giant
    Tuesday, July 14, 2026 from MQWorld.com News
    Genesis Minerals and Vault Minerals have signed a binding deal to merge, creating a $12.6 billion gold miner producing 600,000 to 700,000 ounces a year, enough to rank third in Australia and inside the top 20 globally. Most of that gold...
  • Namibia secures China deals on infrastructure, mining and energy with state visit
    Monday, July 13, 2026 from MQWorld.com News
    hina on Friday said it would step up cooperation with Namibia in the Southern African State’s energy, farming, infrastructure, and minerals sectors during talks in Beijing between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Namibian...
  • Ionic commissions Tenova for Belfast magnet facility FEED study
    Monday, July 13, 2026 from MQWorld.com News
    Ionic Rare Earths has taken another step forward in developing a commercial magnet recycling plant in the UK, commissioning Tenova Advanced Technologies (TAT) to conduct the front-end engineering design (FEED) study for the Belfast...
  • EU imports record LNG volumes from Russia’s biggest plant ahead of ban
    Monday, July 13, 2026 from MQWorld.com News
    European Union countries imported record-high volumes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia’s Yamal facility in the first half of this year, EU data showed on Monday, ahead of a ban on Russian supplies that will take effect...
  • How MASPRO identified the reliability blind spot
    Monday, July 13, 2026 from MQWorld.com News
    Reliability is reshaping how surface miners think about value, cost and performance across the entire operation. Australia’s surface mining sector is evolving rapidly as companies focus on improving productivity, strengthening...
  • Fortuna expects Senegal gold project permit within weeks, CEO says
    Friday, July 10, 2026 from MQWorld.com News
     Fortuna Mining expects to receive the final permit for its Diamba Sud gold project in Senegal within weeks, its chief executive told Reuters, adding that with government support the country could become a major regional mining hub....
  • Production starts at Xtract’s Zambia copper and silver JV project
    Friday, July 10, 2026 from MQWorld.com News
     Xtract Resources says its joint venture partner in the Silverking copper/silver project, in Zambia, has started initial production at the operation with the processing of mixed oxide-sulphide ore through the flotation plant. It points...
  • Australia agrees to sell uranium to India during Modi visit
    Friday, July 10, 2026 from MQWorld.com News
    Australia has agreed to sell uranium to India for power generation in a landmark deal signed between the two nations during a visit to Melbourne by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The country will purchase uranium for exclusively peaceful...
  • Arika set to begin largest ever drilling campaign at Western Australia projects
    Thursday, July 9, 2026 from MQWorld.com News
     Arika Resources has started with mobilisation activities ahead of the next phase of exploration across its 100%-owned Kookynie and Yundamindra gold projects in Western Australia. The upcoming programme will comprise about 20 000 m of...
  • Wyoming coal company wins federal money to extract critical minerals from Powder River Basin
    Thursday, July 9, 2026 from MQWorld.com News
    Coal mining giant Peabody Energy, with massive operations in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin, is among five entities that will share a total of $75 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to advance production of rare-earth elements and...
  • India PM visit expected to unlock new mining opportunities
    Thursday, July 9, 2026 from MQWorld.com News
    The Australian mining industry could be set for a major boost as Australia and India prepare to strengthen trade ties during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Melbourne this week. Uranium producers are expected to be among...
  • Vietnam looks at more coal power plants as Iran war complicates LNG plans
    Wednesday, July 8, 2026 from MQWorld.com News
     Vietnam‘s government is considering building more coal-fired power plants to ensure it can meet its energy needs, the government said on Wednesday, as the Iran war further complicates its slow development of liquefied natural...
  • Australia’s Ioneer signs MoUs with South Korean firms for lithium-boron project
    Wednesday, July 8, 2026 from MQWorld.com News
    Australian lithium miner Ioneer said on Wednesday that it has signed separate non-binding memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with South Korea’s Korea Overseas Infrastructure & Urban Development Corporation (KIND) and Hyundai...
  • Pinned for performance
    Wednesday, July 8, 2026 from MQWorld.com News
    Expander is helping mining operations improve heavy equipment reliability with changes to one of the smallest but most critical components: pivot pins. As mining operations grow in complexity, size and scope, so too must the equipment...
  • Kazatomprom’s 2022 profit doubles as it lowers 2023 production guidance
    Friday, March 17, 2023 from MINING.com
    The company expects to produce between 20,500 – 21,500 tonnes of uranium on a 100% basis and between 10,600 and 11,200 tonnes of uranium on an attributable basis.
  • Ivanhoe’s electro-pulse technology may expand Santa Cruz copper project in Arizona
    Friday, March 17, 2023 from MINING.com
    Ivanhoe used Typhoon to identify the Texaco Ridge target as well as several others
  • Gold price rally accelerates as banking crisis shock lingers
    Friday, March 17, 2023 from MINING.com
    Gold is sprinting towards its best week in four months.
  • Gold juniors Trillium and Pacton to combine forces in Ontario’s Red Lake mining district
    Friday, March 17, 2023 from MINING.com
    Pacton’s Red Lake gold project is within 20 km of Trillium’s Newman Todd complex and the western portion of its Confederation Belt properties.
  • Copper price rises as banking crisis woes ease
    Friday, March 17, 2023 from MINING.com
    Investors welcomed news of a large group of banks infusing cash into US lender First Republic Bank.
  • Mining people: Alamos Gold, Flying Nickel, Rio Tinto
    Friday, March 17, 2023 from MINING.com
    Key moves in the mining sector.
  • Hydrogen-based thermal power produced using aluminum scrap
    Friday, March 17, 2023 from MINING.com
    Found Energy produced 20 kW of continuous, hydrogen-based thermal power using 1 kilogram of hard-to-recycle aluminum scrap.
  • Teck’s Trail Operations in British Columbia makes the Zinc Mark
    Thursday, March 16, 2023 from MINING.com
    Zinc Mark uses an assurance framework that aims to promote responsible production practices and demonstrate commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
  • Newmont to study direct air carbon capture in its tailings
    Thursday, March 16, 2023 from MINING.com
    The rapid electrochemical mineralization to form dolomite (REMineD) method will be explored in the three-year $4.3 million project.
  • Nexa expands zinc resource, mine life of Aripuanã in Brazil
    Thursday, March 16, 2023 from MINING.com
    Nexa added 8.3 million tonnes of probable mineral reserves after more than 34,000 metres of infill drilling.
  • Activist shareholders accuse Azimut Exploration of ‘squatting’ on Quebec lithium lands
    Thursday, March 16, 2023 from MINING.com
    Coloured Ties Capital and privately held Bullrun Capital this week issued a second open letter to Azimut’s founder and CEO.
  • Roscan hits milestone with environmental permit for Kandiole in Mali
    Thursday, March 16, 2023 from MINING.com
    Roscan's CEO also noted that the company expects to obtain the final mining licence “in the near future.”
  • Elon Musk’s Starlink linked to illegal mining in Brazil
    Thursday, March 16, 2023 from MINING.com
    Over the past five weeks, Brazil's environment agency has seized seven Starlink terminals on Yanomami land.
  • Peninsula Energy delays Wyoming uranium project restart, shares plunge
    Thursday, March 16, 2023 from MINING.com
    Lance is one of the largest uranium projects in the US.
  • Iron ore price falls as China plans to cut steel production
    Thursday, March 16, 2023 from MINING.com
    Third consecutive year the Chinese government has mandated an output limit in line with its emission reduction program.
  • BHP’s Project Dig unearths 100-million-year-old fossil in Western Queensland
    Thursday, March 16, 2023 from MINING.com
    A team of palaeontologists found Australia’s first head and associated body of an elasmosaur, a long-necked plesiosaur that co-existed with dinosaurs in the early Cretaceous Period.
  • Norcat launches Canada-wide mining technology innovation competition
    Thursday, March 16, 2023 from MINING.com
    Applicants are asked to submit their proof-of-concept ideas by April 4.
  • Fortescue, NREL partner to boost green hydrogen development
    Thursday, March 16, 2023 from MINING.com
    West Australian Fortescue Future Industries and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have launched a green hydrogen research center in Colorado.
  • Canada Nickel reports high nickel recoveries at Reid project
    Wednesday, March 15, 2023 from MINING.com
    Canada Nickel also announced it has closed its acquisition of the past-producing Texmont property.
  • Tudor Gold updates Treaty Creek resources
    Wednesday, March 15, 2023 from MINING.com
    Highlights include an indicated mineral resource of 23.3 million oz. of gold-equivalent within 641.93 million tonnes at a grade of 1.13 g/t.
  • Moody’s upgrades global metals & mining outlook to stable  
    Wednesday, March 15, 2023 from MINING.com
    The investors service maintained its 12-month price assumptions and medium-term sensitivity ranges for all commodities except coal.
  • Miners need to learn how to navigate the political spectrum in Latin America, says Southern Pulse
    Wednesday, March 15, 2023 from MINING.com
    With the high demand for critical minerals for the energy transition, countries like Chile, Mexico and Brazil have sought to review regulations and permitting.
  • Northern Star halts Pogo gold mine in Alaska
    Wednesday, March 15, 2023 from MINING.com
    The company expects repair work to the ball mill motor at its Pogo operation to take up to six weeks.
  • Canadian Mining Hall of Fame issues call for 2024 nominations
    Wednesday, March 15, 2023 from MINING.com
    Canadian Mining Hall of Fame issues call for 2024 nominations Nomination deadlines are May 1 to contact a member or associate member organization about nominating a candidate for induction and May 31 for nomination materials to be delivered.
  • Gold price rebounds as fresh banking crisis hits risk appetite
    Wednesday, March 15, 2023 from MINING.com
    The latest rally comes despite a sharp jump in the US currency, which would usually weigh on demand for the greenback-priced bullion.
  • enCore makes production decision on Alta Mesa, its second uranium facility
    Wednesday, March 15, 2023 from MINING.com
    Alta Mesa is a fully licensed and constructed ISR uranium project and central processing facility currently on standby.
  • Copper price falls amid banking woes
    Wednesday, March 15, 2023 from MINING.com
    Global markets were uneasy after Credit Suisse's biggest shareholder said it could not provide more financial support to the bank.
  • Researchers find efficient way to turn vegetable oil industry waste into power
    Wednesday, March 15, 2023 from MINING.com
    A new cost-effective anode catalyst can improve the power generation performance of microbial fuel cells treating vegetable oil industry wastewater.
  • Cedar LNG plant gets green light in British Columbia
    Tuesday, March 14, 2023 from MINING.com
    The $2.2bn project will be the first LNG plant to be built and owned by a First Nation.
  • Gold ETFs record 10th consecutive month of outflows — report
    Tuesday, March 14, 2023 from MINING.com
    Overall, collective gold ETF assets under management declined by 1% to $200 billion, WGC data shows.
  • China to step up deep sea mining efforts
    Tuesday, March 14, 2023 from MINING.com
    Chinese state shipbuilding company says mining the seabed will help the country reduce “heavy reliance on foreign suppliers” of critical minerals.
  • Multiple wins for Laurentian University students at Canadian Mining Games
    Tuesday, March 14, 2023 from MINING.com
    The 33rd edition of the event saw students compete in multiple facets of mining.
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