Latest Metallurgy News

Perpetual Resources has achieved a major breakthrough in reducing iron impurities in its Beharra silica sand, pushing product quality closer to the coveted solar glass standard with a simple, low-cost processing approach.

Nova Minerals has launched a major 2026 exploration campaign at its Estelle Project in Alaska, combining a 10,000-metre drilling program with advancing antimony production backed by US$43.4 million in U.S. Department of War funding.

Critica Limited’s Jupiter Rare Earth Project pilot plant has delivered a significant beneficiation breakthrough, upgrading feed to a ~3% TREO intermediate concentrate with strong magnet rare earth recoveries and substantial mass rejection.

Prodigy Gold’s scoping study for the Hyperion Gold Deposit confirms a viable open pit project with a 4-year mine life and strong financial metrics, underpinned by a 454,000-ounce resource.

Sovereign Metals has verified that its Kasiya project hosts monazite concentrates rich in critical heavy rare earths Dysprosium, Terbium, and Yttrium, with oxide ratios far exceeding global benchmarks. This discovery could add a valuable by-product stream at near-zero incremental cost, enhancing the project’s economics amid growing Western supply chain security concerns.

PhosCo Ltd reveals a simplified single-stage flotation process for its Gasaat Phosphate Project that promises lower costs and reduced complexity, boosting prospects ahead of its Q3 2026 scoping study update.

White Cliff Minerals has extended copper mineralisation at its Rae Copper Project in Nunavut to over 5.4km, with visible sulphides in every hole across 2.6km of strike from its 2026 drilling campaign. Assays reveal multiple high-grade intervals, underscoring the project's scale and continuity.

Red Mountain Mining has produced a high-grade 51.8% antimony concentrate from Oaky Creek with excellent 85% recovery, setting the stage for upcoming drilling to define the resource along a 3km mineralised strike in NSW.

Godolphin Resources is spinning out its Narraburra Rare Earths Project into a new ASX-listed entity, Matrix Critical Minerals, with MST Financial appointed to spearhead the IPO expected in the second half of 2026.

Advance Metals Limited (ASX:AVM) is acquiring the remaining 20% of its Myrtleford and Beaufort gold projects, moving to 100% ownership following a string of high-grade drill results and promising metallurgical recoveries at Happy Valley.

Hillgrove Resources has secured an option to earn an 80% stake in the Mutooroo Copper Project through a $10 million pre-feasibility study farm-in with Havilah Resources, aiming to leverage existing infrastructure to boost copper output.

IperionX has commissioned a cutting-edge six-axis SACMI powder metallurgy press in Virginia, tripling its titanium manufacturing capacity and enabling production of complex components for defense and aerospace markets.