METLEN Secures US Technology Buyer for 25% of Planned Greek Gallium Output
METLEN Energy & Metals has secured a long-term customer for approximately 25 per cent of the annual gallium production planned at its facility in Greece,...
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Strategic Investment Expands Europe’s Critical Minerals Supply Chain
Europe’s critical minerals sector is attracting new strategic investment in rare-earth processing, copper-cobalt-nickel exploration, polymetallic mining and mineral-processing technology. French separation-technology company Carester has signed...
European Mining Projects Advance Through Financing, Processing and Commissioning
European critical-mineral projects moved closer to financing and production during the week, with developments spanning Sweden, Portugal, Germany and Greece. Barroso, Zinnwald and Skouries advanced...
European Mining Pipeline Shifts Toward Critical-Mineral Processing
European mining developments in the week ending 24 July 2026 increasingly focused on processing, refining and downstream technology. New French rare-earth investment, Finland’s integrated lithium...
Copper, Gold and Uranium Lead Global Mining Investment
Global mining capital is increasingly moving toward brownfield projects and established operations rather than frontier exploration. Expanding an orebody near an existing concentrator is generally...
European Mining Projects Face Financing Tests Beyond Strategic Mineral Designation
European mineral exploration is increasingly centred on projects with identifiable industrial customers rather than commodities destined primarily for spot markets. Lithium, copper, graphite, rare earths,...
AI Infrastructure Expands Demand for Power, Copper and Strategic Technology Minerals
The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence infrastructure is extending supply-chain pressure beyond advanced processors and high-bandwidth memory to electricity, transformers, cooling equipment, optical networks and...
Europe’s Semiconductor Expansion Deepens Demand for Critical Technology Materials
Europe is expanding semiconductor manufacturing capacity through major investments in Ireland, Germany and Italy, but the region continues to rely heavily on imported electronic-grade materials...
Spartan Expands Nevada Tungsten Targets Across 5.7 Square Kilometres
Spartan Metals has identified eight tungsten-silver veins covering approximately 5.7 square kilometres at the Tungstonia claims within its Eagle project in Nevada, expanding the mapped...
NGEx reports further high-grade copper-gold intersections at Lunahuasi
NGEx Minerals has reported additional high-grade drilling results from the Lunahuasi copper-gold-silver project in San Juan, Argentina, adding further definition to mineralisation at the project...