Mining

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

Giant trucks with no one in the cabin have already moved more than 8.6 billion tons of rock and ore around the world, equivalent to more than a thousand Great Pyramids, all without a single recorded injury.

Douglas Avila 27/05/2026 at 20:48

The largest precious metals mine under construction in the world is situated on a layer of ore 25 times thicker than common mines in South Africa, and has just connected a third shaft that will quintuple the extraction of platinum, palladium, and gold.

Douglas Avila 26/05/2026 at 23:56

The most abundant mineral on Earth makes up about 38% of the planet’s volume and dominates the mantle hundreds of kilometers deep, but it is so inaccessible that humanity only managed to touch it thanks to a meteorite that fell in Australia in 1879.

Bruno Teles 26/05/2026 at 19:05

China wants to transform coal waste into a source of critical metals and use industrial ash to extract germanium, lithium, gallium, and aluminum used in batteries, chips, and electric vehicles.

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 24/05/2026 at 21:01

Without producing a single ton of copper today, Argentina wants to become one of the ten largest producers of the metal in the world by 2035, betting on the Andes deposits and billion-dollar incentives from the Milei government to unlock projects that have been stalled for decades.

Bruno Teles 22/05/2026 at 13:42

Brazil seeks to transform natural resources, energy, mining, oil, and gas into sustainable wealth with strong engineering, competitive industry, technology, productivity, and long-term planning.

Corporativo 21/05/2026 at 11:39

Gold, silver, and copper appear near the surface at Filo Sur, making mining companies look at San Juan as a new treasure map in the Andes.

Viviane Alves 20/05/2026 at 15:26

Geological Service of Brazil finds high concentrations of rare earth elements in a strip that stretches from São Paulo to Santa Catarina, including cities like Joinville and Garuva. Samples recorded more than 8,000 parts per million, a level considered significant for this type of occurrence.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 20/05/2026 at 13:07

BNDES targets R$ 50 billion in credit and investment for critical minerals and is already analyzing 56 projects that could open a new front of operations at the bank.

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 16/05/2026 at 15:27

Mine in the Arctic Circle was about to close, but surprised by revealing a rare 158-carat, 2-billion-year-old yellow diamond.

Romário Pereira de Carvalho 13/05/2026 at 18:42

China surprises the world with the discovery of a “supergiant” deposit valued at US$ 85.9 billion, containing over 1,000 tons of gold at a depth of 2,000 meters and an impressive concentration of 138 grams per ton of rock.

Alisson Ficher 12/05/2026 at 14:46

BRL 9 billion, 12.5 million tons per year, and operation until 2041: MRN receives Ibama license to open new bauxite mines in Pará and maintain a chain that drives jobs, taxes, and local purchases

Valdemar Medeiros 07/05/2026 at 16:39