4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (425+ words) Chile is moving to open its capital markets to junior explorers with a Senate-approved bill that creates a dedicated investment framework for early-stage mining and innovation companies, including a simplified regime that avoids full Securities Registry registration and uses sponsoring…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (446+ words) North America’s push to meet 2027 DFARS bans on Chinese-origin rare earth magnets is colliding with mine development timelines that can exceed 30 years from discovery to production, with 30–40% of that spent on PEAs, prefeasibility, feasibility and detailed engineering. AiMinr CEO Dr…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (413+ words) Ferreyros has delivered Peru’s 1,000th Caterpillar mining truck, a 410 short ton (372 t) payload Cat 798, to Compañía Minera Antamina for use at its copper-zinc operation at around 4,300 m elevation. The ultra-class truck will operate in high-altitude, low-oxygen conditions that challenge engine performance,…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (402+ words) Surface reliability issues in drill rig breakout and rotation systems are being traced less to inadequate material hardness and more to surface engineering and load-path design, according to MASPRO’s field work on high-load components. MASPRO’s engineering team reports premature failures…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (369+ words) Voith is launching its PowerDrive Mining electrified conveyor drive system at Electra Mining Africa 2026, held at the Johannesburg Expo Centre, Nasrec, from 7–11 September 2026. The package combines an electric conveyor drive with an integrated control solution, supplied as a fully coordinated…...