US-based engineering group Fluor has received the final notice to proceed from Barrick Mining on the development of the multibillion-dollar Reko Diq copper project in Pakistan. Fluor was named... 

The first shipment from Simandou has been accelerated to about November 2025. 

The first liquefied natural gas cargo has been shipped. 

ioneer has formally started a strategic partnering process to identify a new equity partner for the project. 

Railveyor Technologies Global has been selected as the preferred haulage solution provider for the project. 

Nasdaq-listed Ramaco Resources said on Tuesday that a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) by Fluor had found its Brook mine project to be commercially and technologically feasible, with a... 

Emerging miner ioneer has secured commitments to raise about A$25-million ($16-million) through a share placement to fund work at the project. 

Rhyolite Ridge ore reserves more than quadrupled from 60-million tonnes in 2020 to 247-million tonnes in June 2025, delivering a mine life of almost 100 years. 

Nasdaq-listed Ramaco Resources has appointed critical minerals expert Michael Woloschuk as executive vice president for critical mineral operations, tasking him with leading the development of the... 

Toronto-headquartered Barrick Mining CEO Mark Bristow says momentum is building at the company’s Reko Diq project in Pakistan, with construction advancing, exploration upside emerging, and... 

TSX-listed Barrick Mining Corporation has reported a solid start to the financial year, with first-quarter earnings a share up 59% year-on-year, and says it is making significant headway on its... 

The project has been officially designated as a “transparency project” under the US Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act permitting framework. 

BHP aims to increase copper production in South Australia to more than 500 000 t/y of refined copper cathode by the early 2030s. 

The prefeasibility study is on track to be delivered on schedule in June 2025. 

Copper explorer Ivanhoe Electric has received a preliminary indication of support from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) for up to $825-million in debt financing to advance its... 

The Reko Diq joint venture shareholders have approved the project’s updated feasibility study.  

Canadian miner Barrick Gold Corporation says it and its joint venture (JV) partners in the Reko Diq project, in Pakistan, have approved the project’s updated feasibility study and conditionally... 

Emerging miner ioneer has announced a 45% increase in the project's mineral resource estimate.  

Precious metals mining company Sibanye-Stillwater has resolved not to proceed with the project. 

BHP is assessing the optimal pathway for a smelter and refinery expansion at Olympic Dam. 

Diversified miner BHP has awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract to a joint venture between Fluor Australia and Hatch to support the proposed expansion of... 

Chinalco-led consortium Winning Consortium Simandou has awarded a contract for Evolution Series ES43ACmi locomotives and services. 

Morgan Stanley has said the project faces economic and execution risks, even after receiving A$400-million ($258-million) of fresh funding from the Australian government. 

Environmental and Indigenous groups filed a lawsuit on October 31 challenging the US Interior Department's approval of the project. 

The Simfer mine is on track to deliver first production in 2025. 

The project has been selected for a $166-million financial grant from the United States Department of Energy’s Battery Materials Processing and Battery Manufacturing Programme. 

US President Joe Biden has published a key environmental report for ioneer's Rhyolite Ridge lithium mine. 

Iluka Resources MD Tom O’Leary has said the company will not complete the refinery without more Australian government funding. 

The project is set to contribute to the world’s decarbonisation efforts. 

All conditions have now been satisfied for Rio Tinto’s investment to develop the Simandou project. 

Metso has been awarded orders for the delivery of grinding plant equipment.  

Gold Fields has revised its group-wide full-year production guidance downward, owing to the early onset of winter. 

South32 has awarded an engineering and procurement services contract to an Australian company. 

The huge opportunity that South Africa has to add value to its rich endowment of manganese through local processing was reiterated during the second day of Wednesday’s Junior Indaba. “Specific to... 

The federal permitting process has started. 

Rio Tinto is continuing to work with its partners to satisfy the outstanding conditions on the project. 

The project remains on track. 

Etienne Bredell, recently appointed General Manager of Fluor’s South Africa office, brings more than 30 years of industry knowledge to his role. Having joined Fluor in 2008, Bredell is experienced... 

The project has moved a step closer to US Bureau of Land Management approval. 

The Guinea government has said shareholders involved in Simandou have signed $15-billion in financing agreements for the project. 

Production has started. 

One of the foreseeable local and global energy transition trends in 2024, and beyond, is that of increased production of transport fuels made of vegetable oils and animal fats in the short term,...