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Ironveld Signs Revised Term Sheet With SEAM for Magnetite Plant in Limpopo

South African speciality metals producer Ironveld’s subsidiary, Ironveld Holdings, has signed an updated term sheet with Sable Exploration and Mining (SEA…

Coking Coal

Ukraine Increases Steel Production Despite Loss of Coking Coal Mine

Ukraine still maintains steel production growth in the first two months of 2025 despite the loss of the sector's key coking coal mine in Pokrovsk in the eas…

Metal

Rio Tinto Commits $1.8bn to Develop Brockman Mine Extension in Pilbara

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 9, Rio Tinto is set to invest $1.8bn in the Brockman Syncline 1 (BS1) mine project, that will extend the life of the Brockman iron ore op…

Metal

China’s MMG Suspends Operations at New DRC Plant After Year-Long Cobalt Slump

Chinese state-controlled mining company MMG suspended its cobalt processing plant at the Kinsevere mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) shortly after …

Metal

Oceanagold’s Waihi North Project Seeks Fast-Track Approvals in New Zealand

Canada-based gold and copper producer OceanaGold has submitted an application for fast-track approvals for its Waihi North Project (WNP), a proposed underground…

SMR

PDAC 2025: SMRs to Help Decarbonise Mining in Canada

Small modular reactors (SMRs) are expected to help decarbonise mining operations in Canada, according to speakers at PDAC 2025 in Toronto.Ontario’s Minist…

Metal

SSR Mining Completes CC&V Gold Mine Acquisition From Newmont for $100M

US-based mining company SSR Mining has finalised its previously announced acquisition of the Cripple Creek & Victor (CC&V) gold mine in Colorado, US, from Newmo…

Metal

Ecora Signs $50M Copper Stream Agreement for Moxico’s Mimbula Mine in Zambia

Critical minerals-focused royalty and streaming company Ecora Resources has entered into a $50m copper stream agreement with Moxico Resources for production at …

Metal

Matsa, Anglogold Ashanti Sign $70.4m Deal for WA Gold Project

Wedoany.com Report-Feb 28, Exploration and development company Matsa Resources has granted an option to global mining company AngloGold Ashanti to acquire a maj…

Metal

Merdeka Battery Secures $1.4bn Financing for Nickel Plant in Indonesia

Sulawesi Nickel Cobalt (SLNC) has obtained $1.4 billion (Rp22.93 trillion) in funding to build a high-pressure acid leach (HPAL) plant on Sulawesi Island, Indon…

Metal

Rio Tinto Subsidiary Rincon Selects Worley for $2.5bn Lithium Project in Argentina

Rincon Mining, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, has appointed Worley as the lead integration delivery partner (LIDP) for the Rincon full potential lithium project in …

Solar Panel

Strategies to Reduce Perovskite Solar Cell Degradation Caused by Thermal Stress

Scientists from Germany and China have published a study on the thermal stress cycles affecting metal halide perovskite solar cells. Their research, titled Resi…

Electricity Transmission

Chile Power Grid Flickers Back to Life After Huge Outage, Copper Mines Come back Online

A view shows the Escondida copper mine with its operations paused during a blackout in Antofagasta, Chile February 26, 2025.On Wednesday morning, February 26, 2…

Metal

China Must Cut 15% of Steel Capacity to Meet 2025 Climate Goals

"China's steel industry faces a critical challenge as the sector hits a steel glut, threatening to derail its growth momentum. Announcing a 15% production c…

Electricity Transmission

Chile Power Outage Plunges Capital Into Darkness, Hits Major Copper Mines

People sit inside a restaurant after a large power outage struck vast swaths of the country, in Santiago, Chile February 25, 2025.A widespread power outage stru…