New South Wales has approved RZ Resources’ A$693 million Copi mineral sands mine, designed to produce up to 400,000 tonnes of critical mineral ore per year over an 18‑year life from a deposit 75 km northwest of Wentworth. The operation will supply titanium minerals (rutile, leucoxene, ilmenite), premium zircon and rare earths (monazite, xenotime), feeding RZ’s existing mineral separation plant on the Brisbane River, the only major facility of its type on Australia’s east coast. Backing from JX Advanced Metals, Marubeni and prospective US EXIM financing signals strong geopolitical interest in Copi’s role in Quad-aligned supply chains.

ABB has formed a strategic partnership with Point Laz to integrate the Lazaruss™ mine shaft monitoring system into ABB’s mine hoist portfolio, targeting safer and more reliable hoist inspection in deep underground shafts. The collaboration focuses on an integrated service offering that combines continuous shaft condition monitoring with hoist control and maintenance planning, moving inspections away from purely manual, periodic checks. For engineers, this signals growing scope to link hoist performance data with real-time shaft integrity information for earlier detection of lining, guide and conveyance issues.

Vizsla Silver has secured a 173 million peso (≈$10 million) five-year working capital facility from Mexican state-backed lender FIFOMI for its Panuco silver-gold project in Sinaloa, priced at the TIIE rate plus a 4.6681% margin. Panuco hosts over 102 million oz silver and 829,000 oz gold in reserves, with a feasibility study projecting 17.4 million oz silver-equivalent output per year over 9.4 years, an after-tax NPV5 of $1.8 billion, 111% IRR and a seven-month payback. Shares rose 2.6%, valuing Vizsla at C$1.78 billion.