Category : Technology

Europe’s clean-energy transition, digitalization, and industrial modernization increasingly hinge on one core factor: access to critical raw materials. Batteries, electric vehicles, renewable energy infrastructure, high-performance...

In recent years, Italian media, research institutions, and policy analysts have increasingly focused on an area once seen as peripheral: the strategic importance of minerals...

Europe is confronting a moment of industrial clarity. For decades, the continent assumed minerals and metals would reliably arrive from Australia, Africa, China, or Latin...

Europe’s mining debate is often dominated by environmental, political, and social concerns. These issues are essential—but they tell only part of the story. The most...

Europe increasingly asserts that if it mines, it will mine better—more ethical, technologically advanced, transparent, and environmentally responsible than anywhere else. Policymakers and industry leaders...

Across Europe, almost every proposed strategic mining project follows a familiar sequence: announcement, debate, mobilization, protest, negotiation, and delay. Town halls fill with residents, environmental...