FireFox Extends Gold Mineralisation at Mustajärvi in Finland
FireFox Gold has extended high-grade gold mineralisation at its Mustajärvi project in northern Finland, with drilling returning an interval of 124 grams per tonne gold...
Minco Raises €870,125 to Expand Drilling at Ireland’s Rapla Project
Minco Exploration has secured €870,125 through a private placement to fund further drilling at its Rapla polymetallic project in County Laois, Ireland, as a strategic...
Finland Expands Mineral Processing Capacity With New Metso-GTK Pilot Plant
Finland is expanding its mineral-processing research infrastructure through a new pilot-scale concentrator in Outokumpu, strengthening the country’s role in Europe’s efforts to develop more domestic...
Downstream Processing Gains Importance in Western Critical Minerals Investment
Investment in critical minerals is increasingly extending beyond mining projects into separation, refining, alloy production and recycling, particularly in the rare-earth supply chain. In France,...
Zinc Processing Residues Target Gallium, Germanium and Indium Recovery
Europe’s critical-minerals strategy is extending into existing metallurgical waste streams, with zinc-processing residues being assessed as a source of gallium, germanium and indium. Metallon Clean...
Keliber Advances Finland’s Integrated Lithium Mine-to-Chemical Chain
Keliber in Finland is developing an integrated lithium operation designed to connect spodumene mining with concentrate production and battery-grade lithium hydroxide refining within Europe. The...
AI Expands From Mining Automation to Mineral Processing Optimisation
Artificial intelligence is moving into mineral-processing operations, where algorithms can increasingly support decisions affecting concentrator performance rather than simply generating operational reports. An August collaboration...
Battery-Electric Mining Equipment Faces Productivity and Cost Tests
Battery-electric equipment is increasingly being evaluated on its ability to improve mining productivity and operating economics, alongside its potential to reduce emissions. Sandvik has reported...
Mining Automation Expands Across Drilling, Blasting and Ground Control
Mining automation is expanding beyond autonomous haulage into drilling, blasting and ground control, extending digital technologies across more stages of the production cycle. Sandvik launched...
Predictive Maintenance Expands Digital Services in Mining Equipment
Mining equipment manufacturers are integrating condition monitoring and digital systems into heavy machinery as operators seek to identify failures before they cause production losses. The...