[Garpenberg Zinc Concentrates Production Was Suspended Due to Seismic Activity] According to Boliden, production at the Garpenberg mine was temporarily suspended on March 14 due to seismic activity, and the beneficiation plant subsequently also halted production. Seismic activity has since eased, and preliminary inspections of the mine began on March 18. Mine production will gradually resume after inspections of the infrastructure and mining workplaces are completed. It is not yet possible to determine the timing of the production restart or the pace of ramp-up. In 2025, Garpenberg's zinc concentrate production was 101,700 mt in metal content.

On March 7, according to an announcement by Xingye Silver&Tin, Xiwuzhumuqin Banner Budun Yingen Mining Co., Ltd., a managed company of Inner Mongolia Xingye Silver&Tin Mining Co., Ltd., recently obtained the Reply on the Approval of the 2.97 million mt/year Underground Mining and Beneficiation Project for the Silver Mine in the Budunwula Mining Area of Budun Yingen Mining Co., Ltd., Xiwuzhumuqin Banner, Xilingol League, Inner Mongolia, issued by the Development and Reform Commission of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to the Development and Reform Commission of Xilingol League. Budun Yingen Mining will implement an underground silver mining and beneficiation project in the mining area, with a construction scale of 2.97 million mt/year.

According to foreign media reports, Ora Banda Mining increased the newly discovered resources at Round Dam tenfold in just over six months. The mining area is very close to the company's Davyhurst beneficiation plant in Western Australia. The Round Dam gold mine was discovered long ago, but its large gold system was not identified until August last year. In terms of resource classification, measured resources were 408,000 ounces, and inferred resources were 922,000 ounces.

According to reports, on March 11, the commissioning ceremony for the 100,000 mt/year mining and beneficiation project at the Daliang zinc mine in Duyun, Guizhou was held, marking the official launch of the first integrated mining and beneficiation pilot demonstration project of the Guizhou Provincial Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, adding new momentum to the effective implementation of Guizhou Province’s strategy of “developing rich ore resources with precision.” Reportedly, the project was led by the provincial institute of geology and mineral resources, with cumulative investment of about 200 million yuan, and included a mine with annual capacity of 100,000 mt and a beneficiation plant with annual processing capacity of 150,000 mt.

Zangge Mining has released its 2026 operational targets, highlighting significant expansions in lithium carbonate production. The company is advancing a 6,000-ton/year expansion at the Chaerhan Salt Lake, which will bring its total capacity there to 16,000 tons/year. Meanwhile, the highly anticipated Mamicuo Salt Lake project (Phase I: 50,000 tons/year) is scheduled to commence production in Q3 2026. Additionally, the Mamicuo Mining entity, in which Zangge holds a 26.95% indirect stake, plans to produce 20,000 to 25,000 tons of lithium carbonate in 2026, bolstering the company's equity resource portfolio.

Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) has begun the environmental permitting process for a $7.5 billion expansion of its majority owned El Abra copper mine in ChileThe project, owned 51% by Freeport and 49% by state-owned Codelco, is the largest mining investment submitted to Chile’s Environmental Assessment Service (SEA) since at least 1992. The plan includes a new concentrator, a desalination plant, a water pumping system, expanded mine infrastructure and continued leaching. Production is expected to begin in 2033 if regulators approve the project, Diario Financiero reported.