Mining

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

The Chamber approves a critical minerals policy with a R$2 billion fund and R$5 billion in tax incentives to try to transform lithium, rare earths, graphite, and nickel into a new economic frontier for Brazil.

Valdemar Medeiros 07/05/2026 at 12:48

Brazil could be throwing away a fortune in e-waste while it competes with the world for critical minerals and tries to map its largest urban mine.

Caio Aviz 06/05/2026 at 17:46

Giant 380 kg rock extracted in Bahia crosses borders, becomes a billion-dollar dispute between Brazil and the United States, and exposes a legal battle for one of the world’s largest emeralds.

Caio Aviz 06/05/2026 at 11:49

Brazil destroyed R$ 700 million in machinery, arrested 67 people, and dismantled a thousand camps — but illegal mining continues to advance 35,000 hectares per year in the Amazon.

Douglas Avila 06/05/2026 at 06:02

With 400 tons of capacity, 625,278 kg of gross weight, a 3,500 hp engine, and AC electric drive, the Komatsu 980E-4 establishes itself as one of the most powerful, efficient, and impressive mining trucks in the world.

Jefferson Augusto 05/05/2026 at 14:37

With 400 tons of capacity, 623,690 kg gross weight, a 4,000 hp Cat C175-20 engine, and a top speed of over 60 km/h, the 797F truck establishes itself as one of the most powerful, efficient, and impressive machines in global mining.

Jefferson Augusto 05/05/2026 at 14:22

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