Chile produces more copper than any other country on earth — roughly a quarter of global mine supply comes from its operations, spread across the Atacama and the Andes from the far north down through the central regions. It is also the world's...
Apr. 18. 2026
There's a category of exhibition that sits below the radar of the major international construction and mining shows — too specific for general-purpose trade press, too important to the people who matter to ever have attendance problems. Geoflu...
Apr. 18. 2026
Skellefteå is not obvious. It's a city of around 75,000 people in northern Sweden, roughly 130 kilometres south of the Arctic Circle, reachable by a regional airport with connections through Stockholm. Most mining professionals outside Scandin...
Apr. 18. 2026
Mackay sits roughly in the middle of Queensland's eastern coast, about 970 kilometres north of Brisbane. Most people outside the mining industry have never heard of it. Inside the industry, it's well understood as the service and supply hub for the ...
Apr. 17. 2026
Africa has more active mining operations per square kilometre of landmass than almost any other inhabited region, and its mineral base keeps expanding in relevance as global demand for copper, cobalt, manganese, platinum group metals, and chrome int...
Apr. 17. 2026
There's a particular moment that happens at bauma CHINA every two years, usually on the first morning. You're walking the outdoor exhibition lots at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre, and somewhere between the 50-tonne excavator on one side...
Apr. 17. 2026
Not many trade shows happen in a town of 22,000 people at a genuine inflection point in the region's economic history. The North West MPX 2025 did exactly that. Running May 6 to 8 at the Mount Isa Civic Centre, it convened at the moment when Glencor...
Apr. 15. 2026
Thailand is not the first country most people think of when the subject turns to mining or heavy construction. But the country's construction market is moving at a pace that commands attention. Annual construction investment is projected to grow 4 t...
Apr. 15. 2026
China has the largest construction machinery market in the world. It produces more excavators, loaders, cranes, and concrete equipment than any other country, and its domestic brands — SANY, XCMG, Zoomlion, LiuGong — have grown from regi...
Apr. 15. 2026
Turkey occupies an unusual position in the global mining landscape. It holds the world's largest boron reserves — around 73% of known global deposits — and is Europe's largest gold producer despite starting essentially from zero output i...
Apr. 14. 2026
Uzbekistan has a mining profile that tends to surprise people unfamiliar with Central Asia. It ranks among the world's top ten gold producers, sits fifth globally in uranium output, and operates one of the largest copper mines in the region through ...
Apr. 14. 2026
Astana is a city built almost from scratch. When Kazakhstan moved its capital from Almaty to the windswept steppe of central Kazakhstan in 1997, what existed there was a modest regional town. What stands there now is a capital city of nearly a milli...
Apr. 14. 2026