Glencore Technology is pushing its Jameson Cell from traditional cleaner/scavenger roles into primary rougher flotation duties to lift recovery and cut energy use in constrained concentrators. Recent installations, including at Lundin Gold’s Fruta del Norte plant in Ecuador, use the cell’s downcomer-based, high-intensity aeration and small footprint to debottleneck existing rougher banks without major civil works. For plant designers, this signals growing interest in retrofitting compact, low-maintenance flotation units to handle higher throughputs within fixed grinding and tailings capacities.

Silver Crown Royalties has partnered with Emergency Material Services to expand a US-focused silver royalty platform using structured, non-dilutive financing instead of direct mine ownership. Capital will be deployed via net smelter return royalties, gross revenue royalties and silver streaming agreements across mining, recycling, smelting and refining, giving Silver Crown exposure to production and price upside while avoiding cost overruns and technical risk. For operators, the model provides upfront funding without issuing equity, which could be attractive for brownfield expansions and mid-tier producers needing balance-sheet flexibility.

Canaccord Genuity forecasts a “material” lithium market deficit from 2026 through to at least 2035, as constrained mine investment fails to match EV battery demand growth even under scenarios of higher prices in 2027–28. The outlook assumes no further supply disruptions beyond the recent suspension of a major Chinese operation and Zimbabwe’s ban on raw lithium exports, both of which have already driven prices sharply higher. Analysts say “significant” long-term capital deployment into new hard-rock and brine projects will be required to stabilise supply.