The moon is about to become the first extraterrestrial mining frontier, and most investors may be backing the wrong players. While venture capital pours into space startups promising to revolutionize lunar resource extraction, the real winners may well be companies…

Understanding Saudi Arabia’s Strategic Mining Transformation Saudi Arabia’s mining sector represents one of the most ambitious industrial transformation projects in the modern era. The Kingdom’s departure from traditional oil dependency toward mineral diversification reflects a calculated strategy that positions the…

From Concert Halls to Commodity Markets: Russian Maestro Igor Raykhelson has just orchestrated his biggest deal. The acclaimed composer has been awarded a “Golden License” from the Bahrain sovereign wealth fund, to build the first titanium processing plant in the…

Let’s talk about the Moon! A new study suggests that the Moon could be way more valuable than what we think. Researchers believe that on its surface there are craters that contain precious platinum-group metals such as platinum, palladium, and rhodium; apart…

Drive an hour south of Kumasi, Ghana’s bustling second city, and before long the dense jungle gives way to denuded hills peppered with rickety timber frames. On every slope, gumbooted workers shovel the tawny earth down to muddy pools in…

At the end of the third quarter the MINING.COM TOP 50* ranking of the world’s most valuable miners had a combined market capitalization of just under $1.97 trillion, up nearly $700 billion so far in 2025 with most of the…

Mexico’s Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources ( Semarnat ) is working on creating a National Catalog of Mining Units to provide a comprehensive registry that will allow for more accurate monitoring of the country’s mining and metallurgical operations, said Luz Mariana…

A new report has revealed that Australia can overtake the US to become the world’s second-largest producer of rare earth elements (REEs), after China. Used for renewable energy and technology components, REEs are expected to grow in demand beyond capacity…