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Marleny Arnoldi

Marleny Arnoldi

Marleny Arnoldi is a Creamer Media Online News Editor for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.

By Marleny Arnoldi

Rare earths

Viridis secures more than full equity requirement to advance Colossus project

20th August 2026

ASX-listed rare earths developer Viridis Mining and Minerals has secured commitments for up to $120-million, or A$170-million, in strategic equity from global alternative investment manager OneIM... 


Asia Broadband gold and silver processing facility in Mexico

Asia Broadband withdraws legal proceedings against market makers for now

20th August 2026

Mexico-focused gold and silver producer Asia Broadband has filed a voluntary notice of dismissal without prejudice regarding its civil against in the US District Court for the Central District of... 


Nyrstar incoming chairperson Dirk Tirez

Nystar NV announces new chairperson

20th August 2026

Belgium-based global multi-metals business company Nyrstar NV has announced the retirement of chairperson Martyn Konig effective August 21. The board has unanimously recommended that independent... 


White Mesa Mill, in Utah

US rare earths producer Energy Fuels' terbium meets Japanese magnet maker qualification

19th August 2026

TSX-listed, US-based rare earths producer Energy Fuels' terbium oxide has successfully passed all qualifications for use by one of the world's largest manufacturers of permanent magnets, in Japan.... 


Gold

Canadian miner StrikePoint buys Newmont's gold prospect in Nevada

19th August 2026

British Columbia-based StrikePoint Gold has entered into definitive agreements with subsidiaries of gold mining major Newmont Corporation to acquire the Northumberland gold project, in Nevada, for... 


Titanium ore

Empire Metals' upgraded MRE confirms Pitfield project as world's largest titanium resource

19th August 2026

Aim-listed Empire Metals has confirmed the Pitfield titanium project, in Western Australia, as the world's largest titanium resource in an updated mineral resource estimate (MRE). The upgraded MRE... 


Sherritt signage

Sherritt calls latest major shareholder efforts to push for earlier shareholder meeting 'inappropriate'

19th August 2026

In response to its major shareholder Kyma Capital calling for a special meeting of shareholders on September 29, TSX-listed Sherritt International Corporation says Kyma is not entitled to call a... 


Niron Magnetics' iron nitrade permanent magnet

Rare-earth-free magnet maker Niron secures $150m loan for first plant

19th August 2026

A company commercialising the world's first rare earth-free iron nitrade permanent magnets, Niron Magnetics, has received a $150-million loan from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC),... 


Rare earths ore

Israeli tech company SelectREE makes initial gains in its proprietary rare earth seperation process

19th August 2026

Israeli minerals technology company SelectREE has recorded in its latest laboratory results clear and repeatable element-specific electrochemical responses across its electrode systems, which marks... 


Infleqtion laboratory

Quantum computing company Infleqtion to field test critical mineral potential in Colorado

19th August 2026

NYSE-listed quantum computing company Infleqtion has announced plans to conduct a field test of its quantum gravity gradiometry technology in Colorado next year, which could demonstrate a new... 


Vale mining operation in Brazil

Vale report guides presidential candidates to propel Brazil as a global mining leader

19th August 2026

Brazilian iron-ore, copper and nickel producer Vale has launched a proposal to accelerate the growth of mining and position Brazil as a global leader in the sector, leveraging the country's... 


First hot metal at Fortescue's Green Metal project

Fortescue produces first hot metal towards green iron production in Australia

19th August 2026

Iron-ore major Fortescue has produced first hot metal at its Green Metal project at Christmas Creek, marking the first successful operation of its electric smelting process and a major step towards... 


Hertha Metals plant in Texas

US-based Hertha achieves magnet-quality iron purity ahead of commercial plant build

18th August 2026

The developer of the world's first single-step process for producing steel and high-purity iron at lower cost, Hertha Metals, has successfully achieved iron production at 99.95% (3N5) purity, which... 


Fenelon project area

Wallbridge resumes exploration in Québec as wildfire risk subsides

18th August 2026

TSX-listed Wallbridge Mining Company has advised it can return to normal operations at the Fenelon gold project and across the Detour-Fenelon gold trend property, in Québec, following an evacuation... 


Electra Battery Materials' cobalt refinery, in Ontario

Canadian cobalt refinery is taking shape, Electra Battery Materials confirms

18th August 2026

TSX-V and Nasdaq-listed Electra Battery Materials Corporation says major construction packages are being executed at its cobalt sulphate refinery, in Temiskaming Shores, Ontario, which is a... 


Westgold mineralisation

Westgold declares maiden ore reserve at third Beta Hunt deposit that boosts expansion potential

18th August 2026

ASX- and TSX-listed Westgold Resources has declared a maiden ore reserve and updated mineral resource estimate for the Fletcher deposit, as one of three major mineralised systems within Westgold's... 


Mt Todd project area

Vista Gold appoints all-stage mine veteran Ferguson to head Australian business

18th August 2026

NYSE- and TSX-listed Vista Gold, which holds one of the largest development-stage projects in Australia called Mt Todd, has appointed Gavin Ferguson MD of Vista Gold Australia, effective September... 


Almonty Industries signage

Almonty launches up to $300m share buyback programme

18th August 2026

Tungsten miner Almonty Industries has approved a new share repurchase programme of up to $300-million. The programme permits the purchase of up to 14.4-million common shares, or about 5% of... 


Chilean Cobalt drill core samples

Chilean Copper confirms letter of interest for US Export-Import Bank to fund development

18th August 2026

US-based Chilean Cobalt Corporation has received a new letter of interest from the Export-Import Bank of the US for a potential debt funding package of up to $375-million, as the company develops... 


Underground development at Bunker Hill mine

Bunker Hill Mining completes first production stope blast ahead of year-end mine restart

18th August 2026

TSX-listed Bunker Hill Mining Corporation has successfully completed the first production stope blast at the historic Bunker Hill mine, in Idaho, as the company works to redevelop the legacy asset... 


Potash drill core

Brazil Potash optimistic that new Brazilian law can reduce costs for Autazes build

18th August 2026

NYSE-listed emerging potash producer Brazil Potash has welcomed progress made on a piece of Brazilian legislation called Profert Bill PL 699/2023, which was approved by the Brazilian Senate last... 


Algoma steel smelting

Canadian steel producer Algoma halts production amid unplanned outage

18th August 2026

Canadian steel products producer Algoma Steel Group is experiencing an unplanned outage at its Lake Superior Power generating facility, which has led to suspended production at its electric arc... 


Vareš mine

DPM's newly commissioned Vareš plant is exceeding expectations

18th August 2026

Since commercial production at TSX- and ASX-listed DPM Metals' Vareš silver/gold mine started on August 10, the plant is consistently exceeding an average 60% of design throughput capacity and... 


Gold bars

Equinox gets green light to start building South Railroad mine in Nevada

17th August 2026

TSX- and NYSE-listed Equinox Gold has received a positive record of decision (RoD) from the US Bureau of Land Management for the South Railroad project, in Nevada, marking the completion of the... 


Desert Antimony project area

Locksley ceases exploration on US antimony, rare earth prospects

17th August 2026

ASX-listed Locksley Resources has decided to cease all active field exploration activities at both the Desert Antimony mine and El Campo rare earths prospects, within the broader Mojave project... 


Grota do Cirilo operation, in Brazil

Canadian oxide concentrate producer Sigma Lithium achieves record profit margins, lower cost in Q2

17th August 2026

The largest producer of lithium oxide concentrate in the Americas, Sigma Lithium Corporation, has reported record second-quarter financial results with an earnings before interest, taxes,... 


Silver ore

Canadian explorer Arizona Eagle Mining buys three historical Arizona silver mine areas

17th August 2026

TSX-V-listed Arizona Eagle Mining Corporation has acquired 62 acres of patented land that hosts three past-producing high-grade silver mines, in Arizona. The mines - Arizona National mine (ANM),... 


Halleck Creek project area in Wyoming

American Rare Earths partners with metalmaker Novex to build US domestic mine-to-magnet chain

17th August 2026

ASX-listed American Rare Earths has signed a memorandum of understanding with a US-based rare earth metallurgy and metallisation company called Novex, covering the conversion of separated rare... 


Haranga employees on site in California

Haranga expands Lincoln project footprint in California's Mother Lode gold belt

17th August 2026

ASX-listed Haranga Resources has entered into a purchase and sale agreement with California-based property developer Land Club Sutter Creek to acquire the surface rights and all mineral rights over... 


Gold mineralisation at Creswick project

ECR inks farm-in, JV agreement with Bold Gold on high-grade Australian asset

17th August 2026

Aim-listed ECR Minerals has signed binding conditional farm-in and joint venture agreements with Bold Gold Resources in respect of the Creswick gold project, in Australia, which define a pathway... 


Drill core from Ixtaca project

Almaden advises of delayed international arbitration hearing dates over Mexico dispute

17th August 2026

Canadian silver and gold explorer Almaden Minerals has advised of rescheduled hearing dates in respect of its ongoing international arbitration proceedings against the government of Mexico. A... 


São Francisco project area

Brazilian copper, gold explorer lists on TSX-V

17th August 2026

Brazil-focused copper and gold exploration company Prospectiva Resources has started trading on the TSX-V under the ticker 'PSVA'. The Toronto-headquartered company is advancing a portfolio of... 


Vale CEO Gustavo Pimenta

Vale wins eight 'bests' in Extel Latin America Executive Team awards

17th August 2026

Brazilian multinational miner Vale has ranked first in all eight categories of the Metals & Mining sector in the 2026 Extel Latin America Executive Team awards. The ranking evaluates the... 


BlueScope steel smelting

Australia's BlueScope posts profit beat, sees earnings above expectations

17th August 2026

Australia's biggest steelmaker BlueScope said on Monday it more than doubled its annual profit, driven by higher US steel spreads and a stronger performance at its Southeast Asian operations, and... 


Brine well for lithium extraction

Duke University, UCT make tangible investment recommendations ahead of lithium, rare earths boom

14th August 2026

A first-of-its-kind report from researchers at Duke University and the University of Cape Town (UCT) has mapped the most credible research and development opportunities for lithium and rare earth... 


Neodymium material

REalloys fully funded for upgrading SRC rare earth processing facility, building metallization plant

14th August 2026

Nasdaq-listed REalloys has confirmed it is fully funded for upgrading the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) rare earth processing facility and its planned pilot and commercial metallization... 


Madsen mine

West Red Lake Gold Mines completes first of three Madsen refurbishment phases

14th August 2026

TSX-V-listed West Red Lake Gold Mines has successfully completed Phase 1 of the Madsen mine's refurbishment programme, located in the Red Lake mining district of Ontario. The company is... 


McDermitt project area

Australian miner to start drilling at McDermitt lithium prospect in Oregon once fire risk eases

14th August 2026

ASX-listed Jindalee Lithium and US its subsidiary HiTech Minerals has secured all the major approvals required for a Phase 1 drill programme at the McDermitt lithium project, in Oregon. The... 


Dynacor CEO and president Daniel Misiano

Dynacor's optimisation efforts raise gold output to above design capacity in Q2

14th August 2026

TSX-listed artisanal ore processor Dynacor has recorded a second consecutive quarter of its Veta Dorada processing plant, Peru, operating above design capacity, processing its highest quarterly... 


Empire State Mine site

Canadian zinc miner posts markable earnings gains supported by zinc prices

13th August 2026

TSX- and NYSE-listed Titan Mining Corporation has reported a record performance in the quarter ended June 30, with adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda)... 


Rare earths

Scoping study on Brazilian Rare Earths' Rocha da Rocha project confirms lowest-cost Western supply opportunity

13th August 2026

ASX-listed Brazilian Rare Earths' newly published scoping study on the Rocha da Rocha rare earths project, in Brazil, particularly its anchor Monte Alto deposit, finds the potential for... 


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