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South Korea's largest container shipping company, HMM, has signed a massive long-term shipping contract with Brazilian mining giant Vale worth approximately $3.5 billion. The HMM Vale shipping contract covers eight new bulk carriers, each set to operate under a...

Ivanhoe Mines has announced a 30% expansion of the Ivanhoe Makoko copper discovery at its Western Forelands project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The updated resource estimate raises the contained copper at Makoko to approximately 12 million tonnes,...

BHP has awarded Worley contracts to provide study and engineering, procurement and construction management services for expansion projects at Olympic Dam and Carrapateena as part of its South Australia copper projects growth plans. The contracts cover EPCM services across...

Brazil's Congress has approved a government-backed bill establishing a national critical minerals policy, setting a legal framework for a sector that has drawn rising interest from foreign investors. The legislation, which still requires sign-off from President Luiz Inacio Lula...

The US House of Representatives has passed legislation that would permanently make mining and mineral processing eligible for accelerated federal permitting under the FAST-41 framework. The Protecting Domestic Mining Act, designated as H.R. 1501, was introduced in February 2025...

FLSmidth has signed a lifecycle agreement with Lloyds Metals and Energy Limited, one of India's leading iron ore mining and metals processing companies. The FLSmidth lifecycle agreement covers the full FLS equipment flowsheet across LMEL's mining operations. The order...

Physical AI in mining is gaining fresh momentum as Caterpillar announces a collaboration with FieldAI to advance autonomy, robotics and artificial intelligence across complex job sites and manufacturing environments. The partnership aims to turn real-time observations into actionable insights...