Europe, Lithium’s green potential
“Lithium and rare earths will soon be more important than oil and gas”, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said last September. The Commission...
Category : Base metals
Lithium mines in Europe?
The European Union has a new plan that challenges the long-established dogmas of globalization, with its just-in-time supply chains and outsourcing the “dirty” work to...
Europe, Copper demand under pressure due to Green Deal
The world’s largest economies are committed to reducing carbon emissions by diminishing their reliance on fossil fuels. They are building solar panels and wind turbines...
Finland, Sibanye-Stillwater has received an environmental permit for the Rapasaari mine and Päiväneva concentrator at the Keliber lithium project
This permit has been issued by the Regional State Administrative Agency for Western and Inland Finland. The firm submitted two separate permit applications for the...
Ireland, The aluminium giant Rusal warns of unprecedented pressure
Russian aluminium giant Rusal, which owns the huge Aughinish Alumina smelter in the Shannon Estuary, has warned it faces “unprecedented pressure” from the fallout of...
Czech Republic, European Metals expects surge in gigafactory battery output
European Metals said the latest half-year saw “continued progress” towards the finalisation of a Definitive Feasibility Study for its Cinovec lithium project in the Czech...
Politicians in Serbia are lobbying for Rio Tinto which is accused of corruption
“If we link that news to the fact that the politicians in power are lobbying so much for one Rio Tinto project after numerous independent...
Europe, Raw materials are present in the ground all over the world but some are more common in certain areas than others
These minerals and metals are used in many technologies, from smartphones to wind turbines and electric car batteries. And as countries around the world are...
European Lithium has made a big statement in its bid to become the first on-shore producer of lithium hydroxide
Backed by an offtake deal with BMW, a definitive feasibility study released by European Lithium today shows the mine and downstream processing operation will generate 8800t...
Serbian team on the threshold of scientific discoveries: batteries without toxic and rare materials
One of the main tasks of scientists around the world in recent years is to work on storage of large amounts of energy, i.e. batteries...