Fortescue has dismissed a senior executive after a sexual harassment investigation, Mining Weekly and Investing.com reported. No production or guidance impact was reported with the dismissal, and the item is carried as a governance signal at a company whose leadership conduct has drawn scrutiny before. Detail beyond the dismissal itself was limited in the initial reports.
Nickel rose for a fourth day as Chinese producers prepared to discuss coordinated output cuts at Indonesian processing plants, Bloomberg reported, with executives meeting as early as October 20 to seek cuts at high pressure acid leach operations as weaker prices and rising costs pressure margins. The rebound follows a third quarter slide to fresh 2026 lows in mid October, with large exchange and Chinese stockpiles still capping how far Indonesian restraint can lift prices.
Weir Group has named Marc Cameron, a former Caterpillar executive, as president of its minerals division, International Mining reported. The appointment continues the equipment sector’s consolidation around mining, following Volvo’s creation of a dedicated mining division covered on October 20, as suppliers compete on integrated fleets, aftermarket and autonomy rather than individual machines.
Vulcan Elements is working with North Carolina researchers on rare earth magnet technology using quantum mechanical methods, Mining.com and Mining Weekly reported. The work is early stage research rather than capacity, and sits alongside the funded capacity stories in today’s edition, Neo’s Estonian magnet expansion and Phoenix Tailings’ New York plant covered on October 20.
In smaller items from the feed: Evolve Royalties increased its copper exposure through seven new royalty assets in Canada, Mining Weekly reported in a headline item; Blencowe Resources received the final tranche of United States grant funding for its Orom Cross graphite project in Uganda; Millennial Potash extended mineralisation at its Banio project in Gabon; and Westwater Resources advanced its Coosa graphite project in Alabama. Each is an early stage financing or drilling signal, carried here until a feasibility, construction or production milestone gives it full story weight.
South Africa’s police arrested more than 90 suspects in operations against illegal mining, allAfrica reported, part of a continuing enforcement campaign. In Namibia, limited sand mining permits are raising fears of illegal extraction, the Namibian reported, a small commodity with a familiar pattern: where formal permits are scarce, informal supply fills the gap and enforcement follows.