Argentina’s groundbreaking discovery of a massive mineral deposit, worth $337 billion, is set to reshape global mining dynamics. In a moment that could drastically change South America’s mining landscape, a recent discovery in Argentina has unlocked the largest gold, silver,…

Australia is willing to sell shares in its new strategic reserve of critical minerals to allies including Britain, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, as Western governments scramble to end their reliance on China for rare earths and…

China’s Strategic Pivot: Reducing Metal Production Targets to Combat Overcapacity China has fundamentally shifted its approach to metals production, moving away from volume-driven growth toward quality-focused development. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently announced a dramatic reduction in…

After years of research and a prototype built in an industrial warehouse, a renewable energy company has signed a deal it hopes will make it the first company in the world to turn a disused mine shaft into a battery.…

Raquel Celina Rodriguez watches her step as she walks across the Vega de Tilopozo in Chile’s Atacama salt flats. It’s a wetland, known for its groundwater springs, but the plain is now dry and cracked with holes she explains were…

Quebec’s mining sector is at once thriving and uncertain, a duality that reflects the global forces reshaping commodities and the local policies that aim to manage them. The province has long prided itself on being one of Canada’s mining powerhouses,…

The Trump administration said this week it will open 13 million acres of federal lands for coal mining and provide $625 million to recommission or modernize coal-fired power plants as President Donald Trump continues his efforts to reverse the years-long decline in the U.S.…

Alastair Bovim, CEO and co-founder of Insight Terra, a data and AI-driven environmental risk platform, says that disaster prevention in mining depends on recognizing, understanding, and responding to risks as they accumulate, not only when they escalate. In February 2025,…