Latest Beneficiation Technology News

Elevate Uranium’s pilot plant for its U-pgrade™ beneficiation process has demonstrated an 88% mass rejection and uranium grade uplift from 89 ppm to 590 ppm at Marenica, validating historic bench-scale results and paving the way for a simpler acid leach process.

Elevate Uranium has pushed back the closing date for acquiring an additional 5% of Marenica Minerals, aiming to raise its ownership in the Marenica Uranium Project to 90%. This move follows a prior 10% acquisition, consolidating the company's control over a key Namibian asset.

American West Metals is progressing its Storm Copper Project towards near-term production while expanding critical metals resources at West Desert, supported by a US$40 million financing and offtake deal.

Iltani Resources has unveiled striking high-grade silver-indium-lead-zinc intercepts from its latest drilling at the Orient Silver-Indium Project, reinforcing the scale and quality of Australia's largest known silver-indium deposit.

Bayan Mining has launched its first-ever drilling program at the Desert Star Rare Earth Project, confirming key mineralisation and signing a strategic MoU with US Critical Materials to develop processing technologies.

Elevate Uranium has boosted the Marenica Uranium Project's Mineral Resource by 31% to 52.8 million pounds of U3O8, building on a recent doubling of grade. Ongoing infill drilling and pilot plant processing underpin advancing feasibility studies.

Bayan Mining and US Critical Materials have signed a non-binding MoU to develop rare-earth processing technologies licensed from the Colorado School of Mines, targeting high-grade mineralisation at the Sheep Creek Project in Montana. The collaboration aims to support a US-based rare earth supply chain with potential strategic investment on the horizon.

Elevate Uranium Ltd pushes back its U-pgradeTM pilot plant results to August 2026 amid operational tweaks, while reporting a doubled resource grade at Marenica and a 76.2 Mlb uranium resource at Koppies.

American West Metals Limited reveals a promising Preliminary Economic Analysis for its Storm Copper Project in Canada alongside significant resource growth at its West Desert Project in Utah, positioning itself as a key player in North America's critical metals sector.

Elevate Uranium has expanded its global uranium resource base to 169 million pounds of U3O8 through the strategic acquisition of the Napperby Uranium Project and complementary assets from Core Lithium. This move consolidates its Central Australian portfolio and leverages its proprietary U-pgrade™ beneficiation technology.

Elevate Uranium Ltd has expanded its global uranium resource to 169 million pounds of U3O8 through the acquisition of the Napperby Uranium Project and complementary assets from Core Lithium Ltd. This move consolidates its Central Australian portfolio and leverages its proprietary U-pgrade™ beneficiation technology.

Elevate Uranium has successfully assembled its U-pgrade™ Demonstration/Pilot Plant in Namibia, with steady state operations expected to start in January 2026. This milestone aims to validate a proprietary beneficiation process that could transform uranium processing economics.