In May 2025, Guinea’s military government cancelled 129 exploration permits in an effort to consolidate control of its mining ...

They're in the headlines every week—critical minerals like lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite and the rare earth elements ...

Guinea, the world's second-largest bauxite producer, shipped 312 vessels compared to 225 ships carrying 34.9-million tons in Q1, 2024, according to Guinea's Ministry of Mines and Geology. Shipments ...

Guinea's exports of bauxite, a feedstock for aluminium, surged 39% to a record 48.6 million metric tons in the first quarter ...

The Kogi State Government has secured 15 mining licences covering strategic solid minerals, as part of its broader plan to ...

OAK GROVE, Ala.—A coal miner named Jose Antonio M. Lara died early Wednesday morning following a rock collapse inside the Oak Grove mine, a facility in Jefferson County, just southwest of ...

We present a robust method for detecting and recognizing topological features in underground mines. Our method involves performing Delaunay triangulations on range scans to extract points of interest, ...

Guinean bauxite prices have dropped back to ~US$74.50/t, while Australian prices have come back to US$70/t, according to the Shanghai Metals Market. But that remains high by historic standards, and ...

In 2019, state mines extracted $367 million in minerals, but virtually all of that value came from crushed stone, sand, or gravel, according to U.S. Geological Service data. The decades-long mining ...

On 15 May, Guinea revoked 46 mining licenses (see here), cracking down on mining operations, which could affect up to 40Mt of bauxite supply capacity (per Mysteel). After adjusting for the portion ...

“This is more than a mining operation, it is an industrial transformation agenda. With these leases, we are unlocking the full potential of Ghana’s estimated 920 million tonnes of bauxite.