LKAB starts testing €73 million rare-earth plant in Sweden
Swedish iron-ore producer LKAB has begun operational testing at its €73 million demonstration plant in Luleå, moving the project from construction into commissioning. The facility...
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LKAB begins testing at €73 million minerals plant in Sweden
LKAB has begun hot commissioning at its Luleå demonstration plant, which will test recovery and processing of phosphorus and all 17 rare-earth elements from material...
Holcim orders next SaltX testing phase for electrified clinker
Holcim has ordered further development and testing of SaltX Technology’s electrified clinker-production process. The programme will assess clinker quality as the companies work towards a...
District Metals Intersects Up to 198 Metres of Alum Shale at Sweden’s Viken Project
District Metals has intersected up to 198.3 metres of cumulative alum shale in new drilling at its Viken uranium and polymetallic project in central Sweden,...
Arctic Minerals Expands Hennes Bay Copper-Silver Resource to 90.7 Million Tonnes
Arctic Minerals has increased the resource at its Hennes Bay copper-silver project in southwestern Sweden by 72% in contained copper-equivalent metal, reaching 90.7 million tonnes...
MINEYE tests mobile LIBS for chromium targeting in Albania
The EU-linked programme combined mobile LIBS measurements with GPS data at SO.RI.COM’s chromium operations in Bulqizë. The field campaign aimed to improve geological interpretation and...
NEO-CYCLE advances two magnet recycling routes toward TRL 6
Germany’s Fraunhofer IKTS and TU Bergakademie Freiberg are developing two routes to recover and upgrade materials from end-of-life magnets. The Horizon Europe project is preparing...
iBot4CRMs plans four industrial pilots for critical-material recovery
The Horizon Europe-backed project is developing self-learning robots to dismantle end-of-life products and recover critical materials. Four large-scale pilots are planned in Spain, Portugal, Greece...
MaaSiveTwin maps supply risks in nearly 5.3 million euros project
The EU-funded MaaSiveTwin project is using AI, data and digital twins to identify critical-material supply-chain vulnerabilities before disruptions cause industrial shortages. The project runs until...
Italy’s RarEarth starts EU-backed project with nearly 2.5 million euros
RarEarth began a European Innovation Council project on 1 October 2026, backed by 2.48 million euros from the European Union. It aims to scale a...