Tungsten market value estimates vary, but the upward trajectory is clear

Research firm Market Data Forecast estimates the value of the global tungsten market to have been $5.14-billion in 2025, which will likely widen to $5.56-billion in 2026 and further to... 

High-purity iron producer Hertha secures $133m in venture capital funding for single-step production scaling

US-based high-purity iron producer Hertha Metals has closed a $133-million Series A venture capital funding round, which includes a $65-million equity investment from the US government through the... 

Atico secures $95m Trafigura loan for La Plata project build

TSX-V-listed Atico Mining Corporation has entered into a new secure project finance facility worth $95-million with commodities trader Trafigura to facilitate the construction and development of... 

Black Canyon confirms Australia's next major greenfield manganese resource

ASX-listed Black Canyon has positioned the Wandanya deposit, in Western Australia, among the most significant recent greenfields manganese discoveries in the country with a maiden mineral resource... 

Gold mining stalwart Woodyer inducted to Canadian Mining Hall of Fame

Canadian gold mining company Aris Mining Corporation founder, chairperson and CEO Neil Woodyer has been inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame. The formal ceremony will be held on January... 

Australian explorer Critica confirms tungsten project potential in Tasmania

A newly published scoping study on ASX-listed Critica's Mt Lindsay tin/tungsten project in Tasmania finds the proposed one-million-tonne-a-year underground mining and processing development has an... 

Hydrogen giant Nel secures $12m PEM order for US submarine life-support systems

Norwegian hydrogen company Nel Hydrogen's US subsidiary has secured a $12-million purchase order for proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyser stacks from Collins Aerospace. The aviation and... 

US-based M2i partners with Polish companies to explore tungsten, molybdenum potential

Polish mineral resource companies Permia 1, Permia 2 and Permia 3 have signed a strategic collaboration and technical cooperation agreement valid for two years with US-based critical minerals... 

North American energy storage to drive lithium carbonate demand through 2031

Market research firm Mordor Intelligence expects the global lithium carbonate market to grow from 141-million lithium carbonate-equivalent (LCE) tons in 2026 to 3.93-million LCE tons by 2031,... 

Prairie Lithium garners C$6.3m federal Canadian funding to reach initial production

The Canadian government has committed C$6.3-million in financing for ASX-listed Prairie Lithium's project in Saskatchewan, which will support Phase 1 production, including balance-of-plant systems... 

Canadian miner Troilus secures bulk of debt funding required for Québec mine build

Canadian emerging gold, copper and silver producer Troilus Mining Corporation has secured the bulk of the debt financing required to build the Troilus project in Québec. The company received a... 

Eldorado confirms Skouries mine connection to national grid amid ramp-up

TSX- and NYSE-listed Eldorado Gold Corporation has successfully connected the Skouries mine, in Greece, to the national power grid, with permanent grid power connection supporting the mine's... 

Canadian gold miner Hudbay enhances Snow Lake mine plan with 60% production increase

TSX- and NYSE-listed Hudbay Minerals has published an enhanced mine plan for the Snow Lake project, in Manitoba, unlocking about 60% more gold production to 2.8-million ounces over the life of... 

US supports UK tungsten project Redmoor with $9.25m funding

Aim-listed Strategic Minerals has secured a $9.25-million investment in its wholly-owned subsidiary Cornwall Resources from the US Department of War. The funding will support the acceleration of... 

St Barbara finds better economics, higher output at same capital cost for 15-Mile

ASX-listed gold producer St Barbara has released an updated prefeasibility study (PFS) on its 15-Mile Processing Hub project, in Nova Scotia, which will combine three historical gold mines into a... 

Cadence confirms hot commissioning start of Azteca iron-ore process plant

Aim-listed early-stage mining investor Cadence Minerals has confirmed the start of hot commissioning at the Azteca processing plant, as part of the Amapá iron-ore project, in Brazil. Cadence holds... 

Brightstar grows Sandstone mineral resource to 3.6-million ounces

ASX-listed Brightstar Resources has doubled its Two Mile Hill-Shillington mineral resource estimate (MRE) to 1.45-million ounces, with indicated resources having increased in particular by 177% to... 

Greenland Mines announces secondary listing of shares in Europe

Nasdaq-listed Greenland Mines has announced a secondary listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, with trading of its common shares having started trading on September 25. The listing provides... 

Brazilian tailings processor Itabiriçu escalates court action against Vale over 'ore stealing' dispute

Brazilian mining company Itabiriçu is petitioning the Supreme Court of Texas to review an appellate court’s decision in its long running lawsuit against industry rival Vale, with Itabiriçu alleging... 

Fortescue, Metso reach green ironmaking milestone

Iron-ore major Fortescue’s Christmas Creek Green Metal Project, which features mining technology specialist Metso’s Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) Smelting Furnace technology, has produced its first hot... 

LibertyStream appoints interim CFO

North American lithium producer LibertyStream has appointed Keirah Burrell interim CFO to replace retiring Morgan Tiernan. Burrell held the accounting operations VP position at LibertyStream.  

Rainbow Rare Earths secures Neo Performance Materials as technical, offtake partner

London-listed Rainbow Rare Earths has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Toronto-listed Neo Performance Materials for technical support and design input for Rainbow's final solvent... 

AMCU reiterates call for less mine work outsourcing as fourth Sibanye fatality is reported

The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) has reported a fourth mineworker having been killed at Sibanye-Stillwater's operations this year, which adds to the national mining... 

Premier American Uranium announces chairperson Rotolo resignation, Harrison as successor

TSX-V-listed Premier American Uranium has announced the resignation of chairperson and director Tim Rotolo effective September 21, with director Michael Harrison having been appointed in his... 

Montana-focused miner Silver Bow secures funding, offtake from Ocean Partners

NYSE-listed Silver Bow Mining Corporation has signed a term sheet with Ocean Partners UK for an integrated funding, credit support and offtake package all valued at $88-million. The funding package... 

Engineering group Sandvik renews commitments to Aboriginal collaboration in Australia

Global engineering group Sandvik has launched a new 2026 to 2028 Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) in Australia, which sets new commitments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander... 

US aluminium landfill loss can become domestic supply opportunity, says waste intelligence firm

The US is paying record prices to import aluminium, yet it discards more than $1-billion worth of aluminium cans into landfills every year, finds AI waste intelligence company Greyparrot. The cans... 

Firebird prepares first feedstock for Australia's first demo-scale manganese processing plant

ASX-listed Firebird Metals has provided the first feedstock for its demonstration-scale manganese testwork plant at the Osborne Park facility, in Western Australia, with the plant expected to be... 

Tungsten West inks eight-year offtake agreement with US manufacturer Elmet

Aim-listed Tungsten West has secured a binding eight-year offtake agreement with a US vertically integrated producer of tungsten products and advanced materials called Elmet Technologies. Tungsten... 

Canadian lithium miner EMP commissions demo plant

Vancouver-based EMP Metals Corporation has successfully commissioned its Project Aurora demonstration plant, in Saskatchewan, with the facility now operating as a fully integrated, continuous-flow... 

Elemental adds two top-ten royalty assets to portfolio, transfers early-stage projects to Carlin East

Nasdaq- and TSX-listed Elemental Royalty has secured agreements that will materially increase the scale and cash-generating capacity of its royalty portfolio, as well as simplify its corporate... 

Meridian confirms $2.09bn value of Cabaçal project even at base case prices

London-and Toronto-listed Meridian Mining has confirmed a net present value (after tax) of $2.09-billion for the Cabaçal project in Brazil, even at base case prices of $3 570/oz of gold, $5.03/lb... 

Minrex discovers unexpected high-grade gold from Tlamino project's Barje deposit

ASX-listed Minrex Resources has reported the best results yet from drilling on the Barje deposit as part of the Tlamino gold/silver project in southern Serbia, near the border with North... 

Artemis announces takeover of Vista in share exchange deal valued at $427m

TSX-V-listed Artemis Gold has entered into an agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of TSX- and NYSE-listed Vista Gold in a deal valued at $427-million through the exchange... 

Luca buys Capstone's Cozamin copper mine in Mexico for $385m

Canadian mining company focused on gold, copper, zinc, lead and silver in Mexico, Luca Mining Corporation, has entered into a share purchase agreement with TSX- and ASX-listed copper producer... 

Lithium recovery company Bridge Green inks supply agreement with trader Hartree

US-based critical materials recovery company Bridge Green Upcycle and global commodities trader Hartree Partners have entered into a lithium carbonate commercial agreement with an initial... 

Rock Tech tasks Siemens to develop digital twin of planned Red Rock lithium converter project

TSX-V-listed Rock Tech Lithium has signed agreements with Siemens Canada to advance the development of a digital twin and with Siemens to support Rock Tech's project team with the ongoing... 

Osisko Gold to offer $500m notes for loan refinancing, Cariboo construction

NYSE- and TSX-V-listed Osisko Gold Group plans to offer and sell $500-million worth of senior secured notes due 2031 to refinance its existing senior secured project loan facility with Appian... 

Pulsar appoints helium expert David Young as CFO

Aim- and TSX-V-listed emerging multi-project primary helium producer Pulsar Helium has appointed David Young CFO and director effective September 21. Dan O'Brien will continue as VP of finance... 

Anglo Asian posts record first-half copper production

Aim-listed copper, gold and silver producer Anglo Asian Mining has posted record half-year copper production of 8 840 t, compared with 1 188 t in the first half of the prior year. The group's...