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Bomboré gold mine Stage 2 expansion, Burkina Faso
Bomboré gold mine Stage 2 expansion, Burkina Faso
23rd May 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The expansion will increase gold production at Bomboré to between 220 000 oz/y and 250 000 oz/y. 


Awaruite refinery project, Canada
Awaruite refinery project, Canada
23rd May 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The project involves the development of a midstream refinery to produce battery-grade nickel sulphate for the electric vehicle industry, along with cobalt carbonate, copper cement and ammonium... 


Early works construction started in the first quarter of 2025.
Reko Diq copper/gold project, Pakistan
23rd May 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Reko Diq is one of the world’s biggest undeveloped copper/gold deposits. It will be a multigenerational mine with a life of at least 37 years.  


Black Pine oxide gold project, US
Black Pine oxide gold project, US
23rd May 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The project consists of three large deposits and several smaller deposits that are planned to be developed using conventional openpit mining methods over a 17-year life-of-mine. 


Platreef palladium/rhodium/nickel/platinum/copper/gold project, South Africa
Platreef palladium/rhodium/nickel/platinum/copper/gold project, South Africa
16th May 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The Platreef project hosts an underground deposit of thick platinum group metals, nickel, copper and gold mineralisation on the northern limb of the Bushveld Igneous Complex, in Limpopo. 


Sakatti polymetallic mine project, Finland
Sakatti polymetallic mine project, Finland
16th May 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The envisaged mining operation is expected to produce about 100 000 t/y of copper equivalent. 


Southern Mining Area Decline, Australia
Southern Mining Area Decline, Australia
9th May 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The underground development at Olympic Dam will unlock up to 2.5-million tonnes a year of additional vertical capacity and support future mine expansion options. 


Rincon lithium expansion project, Argentina
Rincon lithium expansion project, Argentina
9th May 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The project will boost Rincon’s capacity to 60 000 t/y of battery-grade lithium carbonate, including a 3 000 t starter plant and 57 000 t expansion, with a 40-year mine life. 


Pacific green fertiliser plant, US
Pacific green fertiliser plant, US
9th May 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The plant will be the first at-scale, low-carbon fertiliser production facility in the world, producing 700 000 t/y of nitrogen fertiliser and serving farmers across the Pacific Northwest region. 


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Bécancour lithium carbonate refinery, Canada
2nd May 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

A definitive feasibility study has shown the project to be robust, even in a low pricing environment.  


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Uis Phase 2 expansion project, Namibia
2nd May 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Critical raw materials producer Andrada Mining plans to build a second tin processing jig at the Uis mine. 


Blacksmith iron-ore project, Australia
2nd May 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The project entails the construction of direct shipping ore operation, with a mine life of 23 years. 


Jansen potash project
Jansen potash project, Canada – update
25th April 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Multinational mining company BHP has reported the first stage of the project is 66% and the second stage 8%. 


Aerial view of the Kal East gold project depost
Kal East gold project, Australia – update
25th April 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Gold explorer Black Cat Syndicate announced approval to start underground mining at the Myhree deposit on April 16.  


Mining equipment excavating at the Kasiya rutile/graphite project
Kasiya rutile/graphite project, Malawi – update
25th April 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Several geotechnical programme are under way. 


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Kookaburra graphite project, Australia – update
25th April 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The project has been featured in the updated Australian Critical Minerals Prospectus for 2025, published by Austrade. 


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McDermitt lithium project, US – update
25th April 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

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


Location map of the Minim Martrap project
Minim Martap bauxite project, Cameroon – update
25th April 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

ASX-listed exploration and development company Canyon Resources is rapidly advancing the project towards production through an extensive work programme. 


Muntanga uranium project, Zambia – update
25th April 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Africa-focused uranium company GoviEx Uranium has filed a draft environmental- and social-impact assessment with the Zambian Environmental Management Agency for the advancement of the project. 


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Critical mineral refining facility, Africa
25th April 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

ReElement and Novare plan to develop integrated refining facilities across Africa to produce high-purity lithium carbonate, rare-earth oxides and other critical minerals. 


Aerial view of the Lamaque mine
Lamaque Complex, Canada
25th April 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

A preliminary economic assessment has proposed incremental gold production of 1.5-million ounces at the mine. 


Yaouré site map
Yaouré gold mine – CMA underground project, Côte d'Ivoire
25th April 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The CMA underground project will become Côte d’Ivoire’s first mechanised underground mine. 


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US Molybdenum Operations, US
25th April 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The project entails the restart of operations at Thompson Creek and a progressive ramp-up of production at Langeloth. 


Location map of Kalgoorlie nickel project (KNP) – Goongarrie Hub
Kalgoorlie nickel project – Goongarrie Hub, Australia – update
25th April 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Metals exploration and development company Ardea Resources has secured a strategic investment from Japan’s Sumitomo Metal Mining, further strengthening the partnership between the two companies as... 


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BHP Olympic dam smelter and refinery expansion project, Australia
18th April 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

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


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Crown Prince gold project, Australia
18th April 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Mineral exploration and development company New Murchison Gold plans to develop the Crown Prince deposit over a 30-year life-of-mine. 


Manganese ore
Butcherbird Stage 2 manganese expansion project, Australia
18th April 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Manganese developer Element 25 plans to extract and process Yanneri Ridge and Coodamudgi mineral resources and reserves.  


Image of gold nuggets
Back River Gold – Goose mine gold project, Canada
18th April 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

A total of $32-million is budgeted for exploration at the Back River gold district in 2025, of which $21-million is allocated to the Goose project.  


Image of uranium ore
Dasa uranium project, Niger
18th April 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Uranium project developer Global Atomic Corporation has reported that underground development has reached the ore zone. 


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Copper World Complex, US – update
18th April 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Base metals miner Hudbay Minerals has reached an agreement with a coalition of union building trades to support the construction of the mine. 


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