Equinox Gold has agreed to sell its entire Brazilian portfolio — the Aurizona and RDM mines plus the Bahia complex (Fazenda and Santa Luz) — to China’s CMOC Group for over US$1 billion, including US$900 million cash on closing and up to US$115 million in contingent payments tied to production. The divested assets were guided to produce 250,000–270,000 oz. of gold in 2025, while Equinox’s refocused portfolio will centre on the Greenstone (220,000–260,000 oz.), Valentine (175,000–200,000 oz. at full run-rate) and Mesquite (85,000–95,000 oz.) operations. Proceeds will be used to retire US$800 million of debt, cutting interest costs and freeing capital for expansions at Valentine, Castle Mountain and Los Filos, with group output targeted at 700,000–800,000 oz. next year.

Ionic Mineral Technologies reports its Silicon Ridge project in Utah is a halloysite-hosted ion-adsorption clay system grading about 2,700 ppm (0.27%) combined rare earths and critical metals from 106 boreholes over 10,000 m and 35 trenches across 650 acres, exceeding typical Chinese IAC grades of 500–2,000 ppm. The confirmed mineralisation currently covers only 11% of the resource area to 100 ft depth, with existing mining permits and a 74,000 ft² Provo processing plant enabling rapid start-up. Ionic MT plans a vertically integrated flowsheet producing three co-product streams—critical minerals (including gallium, germanium, scandium, lithium and tungsten), high-purity alumina and nano-silicon—with a preliminary economic assessment due in H1 2026.

Metso is promoting its Geminex™ digital twin platform as a way to move mineral processing plant control beyond traditional DCS screens towards predictive and proactive maintenance. Geminex™ integrates real-time sensor data with dynamic process models of grinding, flotation and filtration circuits to simulate plant behaviour, test “what‑if” scenarios and optimise setpoints before implementation. For operators, this signals deeper use of virtual commissioning, remote performance tuning and model-based failure prediction across comminution and concentrator lines.