Underground automation’s next era will keep people at the centre
The case for automating underground equipment has become stronger over the past five years. Mining companies see an opportunity to…
13 Oct 2026
UK-based tungsten deal links UK mining to defence supply chains
A UK Government-backed tungsten mine in Devon is set to supply a US defence manufacturer, linking British mineral production to military supply chains. The National Wealth Fund (NWF) has committed…
08 Oct 2026
New technologies target energy use in Australian ore processing
Comminution is mining’s most energy-intensive process, estimated to account for up to 3% of the world's total energy demand. It is water-intensive too, accounting for between 65% and 78% of…
06 Oct 2026
Supply chain shifts are reshaping Australia’s manganese sector
Australia's manganese industry entered 2026 with a combination of strengths and vulnerabilities. The country has one of the world's largest manganese resource bases, an established mining industry and a pipeline…
05 Oct 2026
Coal’s 2026 shock came from outside the coal market
Coal’s 2026 story has been shaped by a disruption that has little to do with the sector itself. On 28 February, US and Israeli strikes on Iran triggered a wider…
11 Sep 2026
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 often determining who controls the operations, who collects the revenue…
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…