How Myanmar’s civil war is reshaping its mineral economy
Mining does not necessarily stop when war visits a country. It can continue as territory changes hands, with the conflict…
07 Sep 2026
AI could improve in-situ recovery of critical minerals
A physics-informed AI model could eventually help improve the efficiency and predictability of in-situ recovery (ISR), an extraction method in which chemicals are injected into mineralised rock to dissolve and…
04 May 2026
Trump-linked tungsten deal highlights processing gap in US supply chain push
An investment by Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump, the sons of the US President, into a Kazakhstan tungsten project, has been framed as part of efforts to reduce US…
22 Apr 2026
The invisible war on GPS and what it means for mining operations
On a haul road in the Pilbara, the Atacama or the copper belts of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, GPS underpins dispatch, fleet management and autonomous haulage.…
22 Apr 2026
Why heap leaching needs process discipline, not irrigation logic
Heap leaching is still too often managed through a mix of visual checks, manual adjustments, and field experience that can hide performance loss until recovery has already been affected. On…
19 Jan 2026
Is US access to Venezuela’s mineral wealth a pipe dream?
Recent political developments in Venezuela have prompted renewed speculation over whether the US could seek to leverage the country’s natural resource base. President Trump has openly signalled his intentions to exploit Venezuela’s oil reserves,…
09 Sep 2025
How AI predictive maintenance helps mining overcome dirty power
In the mining sector, where production delays can ripple through global supply chains and downtime often translates to millions in lost revenue, operational reliability is paramount. Yet, one of the…