USA Rare Earth announced plans to invest $1.2bn to establish a new magnet manufacturing and refined metals facility in South Carolina.

Orla Mining has reported that operations at its Camino Rojo Mine in Zacatecas, Mexico, have been temporarily halted due to an illegal work stoppage and blockade initiated by unionised workers.

Petra Diamonds has announced a formal business rescue operation for its Finsch mine, attributing the move to declining diamond prices.

American Pacific Mining has begun drill testing of a new target identified by a recent magnetotelluric (MT) inversion survey at its Madison copper-gold project in Montana, US.

Great Southern Copper has commenced reverse circulation (RC) drilling at the Victoria porphyry copper target within its Especularita Project located in Chile.

Kenorland Minerals has begun its first diamond drill programme at the Western Wabigoon (W2) project, located in northwestern Ontario, Canada.

Leviathan Metals has commenced a diamond core drilling programme of up to 10,000m at its wholly owned Central Project in Botswana’s Kalahari Copper Belt (KCB).

Sandvik has announced a collaboration aimed at developing and integrating its i-series surface drill rigs with the Autonomous Drilling System of Rio Tinto.

Elcora Advanced Materials has entered into an agreement for the acquisition of the Eldorado gold mine in South Africa's Barberton Greenstone Belt.

Critical One Energy has entered into a MoU with GIP to support work at the Howells Lake Antimony-Gold Project in Ontario, Canada.

Solvay and Viridis Mining and Minerals have signed a non-binding letter of intent (LoI) for the supply of mixed rare earth carbonate (MREC) from Brazil to Solvay’s La Rochelle facility in France.

Cornish Metals has reported progress in its surface diamond drilling programme at the South Crofty tin project in Cornwall, UK.