- Blocking US mineral imports from Canada may force mine closures – industry group. READ MORE
- January 2025 Exploration Report – activity down again. READ MORE
- Tech investment opens new source of mining capital. READ MORE
- USA Natural Resources chair aims to advance Twin Metals, Ambler Road projects. READ MORE
- A total of 26 agreements worth US$28.5 billion were signed at the fourth Future Minerals Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, covering various strategic areas such as exploration and mining, financing, and research and development, with an emphasis on technological innovation, sustainability initiatives, and investments across the value chain. READ MORE
- Vale, Saudi Arabia commission plan iron ore briquettes mega hub at Ras Al-Khair. READ MORE
- Maximo Pacheco, chairman of Chilean state miner Codelco, said the miner and Saudi Arabia are also in talks for possible joint copper investments, Reuters reported. Pacheco said he has met Bandar Alkhorayef, Saudi Arabia's minister of industry and mineral resources, and Manara's representatives. READ MORE
- Saudi Arabia-based Manara Minerals Investment Co. is interested in investing in critical minerals projects in Zambia. Discussions between Manara and Zambia took place a day after the signing of an agreement with Saudi Arabia to collaborate on mineral exploration, according to the report. Manara is a joint venture formed by Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'aden) and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund in early 2023 to invest in mining assets and supply chains. READ MORE
- Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd. suspended production at its Buritica gold mine in Colombia after a group trespassed into the site and destroyed a key power source using homemade bombs, Reuters reported, citing Zijin unit Continental Gold Inc. READ MORE
- US adds Zijin, other Chinese critical minerals firms to restriction list. READ MORE
- Nine unarmed people died during a firefight at AngloGold Ashanti PLC's Obuasi gold mine in Ghana, Reuters reported, citing the Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners, while the army said seven illegal miners were killed. READ MORE
- PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel approved investments of US$245 million in the brownfield site of its Kola nickel operations in Russia that are expected to yield an extra 1 million metric tons per year of copper-nickel ore by the end of the decade. READ MORE