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Building the ecosystem for critical minerals mining in DRC

Wouter Jordaan, Dominique Sambwa - July 10, 2026

As the global race for critical minerals intensifies, the Democratic Republic of Congo is seeing the benefit of growing investments from leading economies such as China and the US – making for exciting prospects at the upcoming DRC Mining Week.

TAGS: Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC Mining Week, DRC, critical minerals, growing investments
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How Structural Geology Shaped Slope Design in a Complex Iron Ore Mine

Jayeeta Dey, Avijit Bhunia, Sujit Roy - July 7, 2026

SRK recently completed a Pre-feasibility level geotechnical assessment for a hillside iron ore operation in Eastern India, where pit slope design was fundamentally controlled by the complex geological and structural setting of the deposit.

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Migmatised Amphibolites of the Nellore Schist Belt, Southeastern India: Deformation-Driven Melt Segregation and Implications for Proterozoic Granitoid Crust Formation

Dr. Joyjit Dey, Saumya Singh, H. Hrushikesh, Sameer Ranjan, N. Prabhakar - June 29, 2026

This paper examines migmatised amphibolites in India's Nellore Schist Belt, using phase equilibria modelling, EBSD, and U-Pb geochronology to reveal how deformation-driven melt segregation produced TTG-like granitoids during Proterozoic crustal reworking.

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Ongoing Observational Method Applied to a Brine Pond

Matías Calvente, Alejo Sfriso - June 25, 2026

This paper presents a case study on the construction of a circular ring dam with a diameter of about 1.3 km (a perimeter of 4 km) and an average height of 2.5 m for a spent brine storage facility at a lithium project located in the Puna region of Salta province in Argentina.

TAGS: Observational Method, brine, mine waste, embankment, lithium
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Beyond Design-and-Walk-Away: Why Heap Leach Governance is Catching Up with Tailings

Heather Thomson, Breese Burnley - June 23, 2026

This article examines how global heap leach failures are driving a shift toward tailings-style governance, with greater emphasis on independent oversight, lifecycle planning, and closure from the outset.

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