Global Scans · Mining · Weekly Summary

• [New] Fastest Growing Segment: Drilling & Mining Equipment is the fastest-growing product category between 2026 and 2033, fueled by IEA forecasts of doubling critical-mineral demand and ultra-class capex by BHP and Rio Tinto. Persistence Market Research
• [New] Is projected to increase by more than 40 times by 2040 driven largely by the electric vehicle sector which strains existing mining and processing capacities. Market Data Forecast
• [New] In 2027, gross domestic product growth is forecast to accelerate to 6.0%, driven by mining expansion and enhanced non-mining activities. / Mongolia Asian Development Bank
• [New] Earlier in 2026, Jakarta's strict enforcement of its Work Plan and Budget system capped national mining output, causing high-profile disruptions like the complete production halt at the massive Weda Bay Nickel mine. YES Stainless
• [New] SpaceX may be best known for launching reusable rockets, and less for the orbital economy it hopes to enable, but there's another seemingly futuristic activity even fewer investors are talking up - asteroid mining. Forbes
• [New] The US will be involved in de-mining operations in the Strait of Hormuz upon the opening of the crucial waterway. The Jerusalem Post
• [New] Mining peatlands will result in the release of additional greenhouse gases, accelerating the progression of global climate change. EBSCO
• [New] Newmont Corp., Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd., and Barrick Mining Corp. all reported lower gold production in 2025 compared with the prior year, and all three North American companies expect output to decline further in 2026. usfunds
• [New] Once permitted, the Alaskan mining project is expected to extract commercial quantities of critical and strategic minerals essential to U.S. economic growth and national security. Permitting Council
• [New] Lunar and Asteroid mining operations could supply metals / rare materials with far less terrestrial habitat destruction, deforestation, and pollution than Earth mines. NextBigFuture.com
• [New] Economic development and the global energy transition will continue to drive a boom in mining activities across Africa, with demand for key ETMs sourced predominantly from Africa expected to grow by up to 40-fold by 2040. Nature
• [New] Globally, mining directly threatens 8% of vertebrate species and drives widespread habitat loss. Nature
• [New] Embedding offsite deforestation levels into environmental impact assessments for new mining projects will be key to ensuring zero-deforestation or no-net-loss supply chains for critical minerals and reduce future mining-driven forest losses in sub-Saharan Africa. Nature
• [New] The metal mining segment is expected to remain in the second position in 2026, backed by rising demand for critical minerals such as copper, lithium, and nickel. Persistence Market Research
• The software automation segment is predicted to lead with a share of approximately 44.6% in 2026, as it has become the core of mining automation due to its ability to connect and control everything in real time. Persistence Market Research
• Asia Pacific is anticipated to dominate in 2026 with a share of nearly 42.9%, as it combines large-scale mining activity with fast adoption of automation. Persistence Market Research
• Mining lithium from the earth has proven to be very taxing from an energy and environmental standpoint, so pulling lithium directly from saltwater could be a very important future route. Futurity
• Brazil increasingly emerged as a strategically important lithium Jurisdiction because of geological potential, infrastructure access, Mining friendliness, and growing global investor attention toward diversified critical-mineral Supply chains outside traditional jurisdictions. Kalkine
• Saudi Arabia's major investment opportunities have become a strong attraction for leading Russian mining companies.

Last updated: 10 July 2026