Mining

News about the mining industry, mineral exploration, strategic minerals, job creation, mining companies, and the environment.

Mining becomes a billion-dollar bet in Ecuador: China closes a US$ 1.7 billion deal to explore one of the country’s largest gold deposits, promises US$ 4.39 billion to the State, and expands its influence in South America.

Carla Teles 04/05/2026 at 14:06

In Canada, an underground mine uses robot-controlled trucks, frozen rock, and water jets to extract uranium without exposing workers to extreme radiation.

Romário Pereira de Carvalho 04/05/2026 at 13:03

The city of only 4,000 inhabitants in Brazil produces up to 1,000 kg of emeralds per month, sells them to China, and is home to a billion-dollar deposit.

Romário Pereira de Carvalho 04/05/2026 at 10:15

Brazil has the world’s largest reserve of high-purity quartz, a strategic mineral for solar panels, computer chips, and optical fibers, but keeps 21 million tons idle underground in Minas Gerais, Pará, and Bahia while global demand for ultrapure silicon explodes in the global technological race.

Valdemar Medeiros 04/05/2026 at 09:09

Australian mining company buys rare earths project in Minas Gerais and bets on billion-dollar potential with niobium in a strategic region of Brazil

Jefferson Augusto 30/04/2026 at 19:13

Mining enters a new era with intelligent machinery that combines operational efficiency, advanced safety, and sustainability in a sector increasingly pressured by productivity and environmental responsibility.

Keila Andrade 30/04/2026 at 07:25

Trump breaks a 20-year environmental barrier and puts copper and nickel mining back at the doorstep of the Boundary Waters, one of the most sensitive natural areas in the U.S., reigniting the clash between critical minerals, clean water, and the risk of irreversible damage in northern Minnesota.

Valdemar Medeiros 29/04/2026 at 09:06

Brazil has 90% of the world’s production of a fundamental rare metal, used in airplanes, batteries, electric cars, and high-strength steel, but why isn’t the country getting rich from it?

Noel Budeguer 28/04/2026 at 15:24

The Brazilian government is evaluating a measure that could involve billions by taxing the export of minimally processed critical minerals and silently change the course of the mineral industry.

Caio Aviz 24/04/2026 at 13:19

Interesting facts

A 42-year-old miner was trapped for 14 days at a depth of 300 meters in a flooded gold mine in Mexico — when divers found him with water up to his waist, he said: ‘I did not lose faith.’

Douglas Avila 23/04/2026 at 06:02

The United States wants to extract minerals from the bottom of the Pacific at a depth of 4,000 meters — the problem is that 90% of the species living there are still unnamed, and in tests, life on the seabed decreased by 37%.

Douglas Avila 23/04/2026 at 01:00

Invisible bottleneck in mining raises global alarm: sulfur scarcity threatens to hinder copper and nickel, increase battery costs, pressure fertilizers, and impact the energy that powers electric cars worldwide.

Valdemar Medeiros 22/04/2026 at 11:13