Week of July 30, 2025
Week of July 30, 2025
Taps global supply chain to deliver first trolley assist for 360-tonne mine trucks in the high Andes. Nearly three miles above sea level in Chile's Tarapacá region, a newly installed electric trolley system is helping Liebherr haul trucks lug 800,000 pounds of copper ore out of the Collahuasi mine. Owned and operated under a partnership between Anglo American, Glencore, and Japan Collahuasi Resources B.V., Collahuasi produces more than 550,000 metric tons (1.2 billion lb) of...
Haul truck designed to transition alongside mining clients' net-zero strategies, paired with trolley-assist at Boliden's Aitik copper mine in Sweden. As mining companies advance along diverse paths toward net-zero operations, Komatsu has adopted a power-agnostic strategy that allows its haulage equipment to evolve in parallel with its customers' decarbonization timelines. In a major milestone along this path, Komatsu and Swedish mining and smelting company Boliden have...
Company to begin AI-driven mineral exploration across Congo. Backed by some of the most influential investors in American technology, KoBold Metals Company has entered a formal agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to launch a multi-billion-dollar AI-powered mineral exploration initiative, beginning with the Manono lithium deposit and extending across the nation's critical mineral landscape. Positioned at the center of global efforts to secure energy...
Fleet Space's ExoSphere mineral exploration tech provides a greater understanding of the world-class copper-gold mine project. Fleet Space Technologies' satellite-enabled and AI-powered ExoSphere mineral exploration platform is playing a crucial role in the development of Reko Diq – a world-class mine project poised to be transformational for Barrick Mining and the Pakistani economy. Being developed by Reko Diq Mining Company (RDMC) – a joint venture owned and operated by...
New agreement pairs subsea harvesting with domestic REE refining. Under a new agreement to unlock critical minerals from the seafloor, ReElement Technologies Corp. is partnering with Impossible Metals Inc. to evaluate the development of the first fully domestic deep-sea nodule refining program in the United States – pairing advanced midstream processing with autonomous subsea collection systems to deliver high-purity materials essential to clean energy, defense, and...
Major Drilling, DGI & KORE launch real-time core logging solution. One year after forming a strategic alliance, Major Drilling, KORE GeoSystems, and DGI Geoscience have launched a real-time drill core imaging and logging solution that integrates advanced AI and Starlink-enabled connectivity to streamline geological decision-making at the drill site. "High-resolution core images are remotely accessible from anywhere in the world within seconds of being captured at the drill...
Awards $6.2M to fund early-stage development, pre-feasibility work at Pilot Mountain. Backed by new federal funding under the Defense Production Act, Golden Metal Resources Ltd. has been awarded $6.2 million to advance a pre-feasibility study for its Pilot Mountain tungsten project in Nevada – part of a broader U.S. effort to restore domestic supply of a metal vital to aerospace, munitions, and other defense applications. Located roughly 125 miles southeast of Reno, Pilot...
Advanced sample scanning enhances human expertise. Geoscience is entering a new era. As the demand for resources grows and the pace of decision-making accelerates, the ability to quickly and accurately understand rock and minerals with altered characteristics is becoming more critical. Traditional visual identification methods are giving way to advanced technologies that offer deeper insights and greater precision. At the forefront of this transformation are sensors equipped...
