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Construction of the expanded tailings storage facility was completed during the quarter ended June 30, 2026. 

Ivanhoe Mines has tightened 2026 production guidance to between 290 000 t and 310 000 t of copper in anode, blister or saleable slag concentrate, from 290 000 t to 330 000 t. 

Australian Mines has started and is fast-tracking a prefeasibility study. 

The project proposes to increase mining capacity from 500 000 t/y to one-million tonnes a year at the Swartberg mining project. 

As the global race for critical minerals intensifies, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is seeing the benefit of growing investments from leading economies such as China and the US, reported... 

Graphite mining and processing company Total Graphite has announced that it has temporarily suspended operations at its Vatomina mine, in Magagascar. The company will now prioritise the completion... 

Ivanhoe Mines has maintained 2026 production guidance at 290 000 t to 330 000 t of copper in anode or blister, and 2027 guidance at 380 000 t to 420 000 t. 

Kipushi produced a record 70 177 t of zinc in concentrate in the second quarter of 2026. 

Commercial production is now expected in the fourth quarter of 2026. 

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

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

The project is being assessed as a long-life scandium operation producing high-purity scandium oxide. 

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

The project’s locomotives have been delivered. 

Construction of the Kipushi mine's second tailings storage facility (TSF) is more than 90% complete. 

The Longonjo development remains on target and on budget. 

An updated independent technical report supports a revised mine plan for the complex that is expected to ramp up production to more than 500 000 t/y of copper from 2028 onwards.  

Optimisation is under way. 

McEwen Copper has appointed financial services provider Societe Generale to lead the structuring and arrangement of a senior debt package to fund construction.