South African authorities have recovered 36 corpses and rescued 82 survivors from a gold mine during a two-day operation, aimed at addressing illegal mining activities.

Canada's Barrick Gold has confirmed the suspension of its operations in Mali after the government seized gold stocks from the Loulo-Gounkoto mining complex.

Minerals 260 has announced the acquisition of the Bullabulling gold project in Western Australia from Norton Gold Fields, part of China’s Zijin Mining, for A$166.5m ($103.6m).

XtremeX Mining Technology (XMT) is set to deploy its AC-electric automated coiled tubing and electric top-drive diamond core drilling rig at Ivanhoe Electric’s Santa Cruz copper project in Arizona.

Arafura Rare Earths has secured A$200m ($123.7m) investment from the Australian Government’s National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (NRFC) to advance the Nolans Project in the Northern Territory.

ABB and Epiroc have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance collaboration on underground trolley solutions for the mining industry.

U.S. Strategic Metals, a critical minerals and strategic metals processor, has announced a strategic relationship with AlphaSierra One, an advisory and asset acquisition platform.