Commissioning of the Barani gravity plant was targeted for mid-July 2026. 

Africa Finance Corporation and the Nigerian government, through the Solid Minerals Development Fund plan to build an alumina refinery with a one-million-tonne-a-year capacity. 

Mining and exploration company Dateline Resources proposes to restart the former Colosseum gold mine, which produced about 344 000 oz of gold before mining ceased in 1992. 

Kinross Gold Corporatiom expects to produce about 1.4-million gold equivalent ounces from the proposed project over an initial 11-year mine life from 2028. 

VHM Limited has entered into an agreement with fellow-listed Iluka Resources for the long-term supply of all planned rare-earth concentrate. 

Stellar Resources has reported a 64% increase in the total mineral resource at the Heemskirk Severn deposit to 8.54-million tonnes grading 0.82% tin for 70 002 t of contained tin. 

The US Forest Service has released a final record of decision. 

Lindian Resources has successfully completed the first production blast. 

Hillgrove Resources achieved a run rate of 1.8-million tonnes a year during June. 

Rio Tinto has notified Aim- and ASX-listed Sovereign Metals that it will not exercise its option to elect to become operator of the project. 

Longonjo development remains on target and on budget for first mixed rare-earth carbonate commissioning in 2027. 

NeoTerra has reported metallurgical breakthroughs, which have significantly derisked the development of the project’s multicommodity flowsheet. 

Work is continuing at the project, with the focus being on optimising and simplifying the flowsheet to enhance the plant operability and reduce risk when moving to commercial scale. 

Imperial Metals has confirmed it will receive $500-million from the government of Canada to advance the block cave transition under the Canada-British Columbia Cooperative Prospectivity Agreement. 

ioneer has signed separate nonbinding memorandums of understanding with South Korea's Korea Overseas Infrastructure & Urban Development Corporation and Hyundai Engineering to help advance the project. 

First Mining received federal environmental assessment (EA) approval for Springpole on June 30, 2026. 

The underground project is progressing in line with the reconfigured plan. 

Trekor announced on July 7, 2026, that it had submitted a detailed project description (DPD) for Yellowhead to the BC Environmental Assessment Office. 

The definitive feasibility study is under way and scheduled for completion in the first half of 2027. 

The refinery involves the development of a downstream battery anode material refinery to convert high-purity natural flake graphite concentrate from Metals Australia’s Lac Carheil project into... 

Trafigura, Egyptian Aluminium Company, and Metallurgical Industries Holding Company have signed a term sheet and entered into exclusive negotiations to develop the project.  

Kore Potash has informed shareholders that there are still two parties engaged in the formal sales process that the company started in November 2025. 

Harmony Gold Mining Company has paused land clearing at the project after identifying a protected species.  

Kore Potash has informed shareholders that there are still two parties engaged in the formal sales process that the company started in November 2025. 

Blencowe Resources has submitted applications for several sizeable graphite tenders, with greater clarity expected in the third quarter of 2026. 

The Zambia Environmental Management Agency approved the project’s environmental- and social-impact assessment in June 2026. 

Foundation piling for the first-phase plant started in June 2026. 

The project was more than 95% complete as at June 29, 2026. 

The project’s locomotives have been delivered.