Hannan Begins Drilling at Sweden’s Stavaträsk Gold-Copper-Silver Project
Hannan Metals has started a diamond drilling programme at the Stavaträsk gold project in northern Sweden, advancing exploration at a target located in the Skellefteå...
Endomines Deploys Fine Gold Recovery Technology at Finland’s Pampalo Mine
Endomines Finland has moved Sofi Filtration’s Sofi Alchemist technology into full-scale production at the Pampalo gold mine in eastern Finland, targeting recovery of ultra-fine gold...
Elmet Raises EQ Resources Stake as Western Tungsten Supply Strategy Expands
The Elmet Group has increased its investment in Australian-listed EQ Resources, strengthening a partnership aimed at developing more secure Western tungsten supply chains as industrial...
CBAM Expansion Targets Downstream Metal and Industrial Goods Supply Chains
The European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is moving beyond basic carbon-intensive commodities and toward a wider range of downstream industrial products, according to...
BYD’s Szeged EV Factory Faces Environmental Review Amid EU Expansion
BYD’s electric vehicle manufacturing project in Szeged, southern Hungary, has entered a new phase of scrutiny after the Chinese automaker rejected allegations that construction activities...
Korea Zinc’s $7.4 Billion US Smelter Plan Targets Critical Minerals Supply Chains
Korea Zinc is gaining strategic importance in the global critical minerals sector as governments reassess the role of refining, smelting and mineral processing in securing...
Europe’s Metal Processing Capacity Faces Strategic Supply Risks
Europe’s critical minerals strategy is increasingly focused on the industrial infrastructure required to convert raw materials into usable metals, with smelters and refineries emerging as...
Anglo Asian Advances Xarxar and Garadag Copper Studies With Worley
Anglo Asian Mining has appointed Worley Europe to complete feasibility studies for its Xarxar and Garadag copper deposits in Azerbaijan, advancing two development assets that...
EU Critical Minerals Strategy Faces Scrutiny Over Community Consent
The European Union’s drive to secure critical mineral supply chains is increasingly confronting issues of land access, water use, community participation and benefit sharing in...
EU Critical Minerals Strategy Confronts Consent and Local Legitimacy Risks
Europe’s critical minerals expansion is moving beyond policy design into the operational realities of mining development, where land use, water access, community consent and value...