Prospective mining license for Connemara refused in Ireland
An application for a prospecting licence for mining activities in Connemara has been refused by the Government. The Canadian company planned to explore for metal,...
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Adriatic metals pushes progress of its Bosnian prospect
Adriatic Metals has brought in Paul Cronin, one of its founders, to run the company and progress its outstanding multi-metals project in Bosnia. As a...
Greece Examines Higher Royalties with Investor Eldorado Gold
Pushing forward a repeatedly delayed mining project in northern Greece, which will bring in much-needed revenue and create jobs, the Greek government is in talks with Canadian...
Dig for legitimacy: The case for good ESG in mining
Environmental and social governance (ESG) has, for a long time, been a woolly issue for the mining industry. Chiefly because there were no hard and...
Alamos gold Turkish mining adventure faces local environment opposition
Erdogan’s quest for development, with its numerous high profile projects aiming for completion by the centenary of the Turkish Republic in 2023 comes with potential...
Kazakhstan is one of world leaders in chromite mining, production and reserves
Kazakhstan is one of the world leaders in chromite mining, production and reserves, according to the United States Geological Survey. The country was the third...
China Zijin to build copper smelter in Serbia
China’s Zijin Mining Group plans to build a copper smelter at the Majdanpek open pit mine in Serbia, energy minister Aleksandar Antic has said. “We...
Albania: Expected growth of mining sector 10%
Albania’s chromium industry is growing thanks to the expansion of new investments, and the production of this metal in 2018 has grown at the fastest...
Zidjin opens the “Chukaru Peki” mine in Serbia in the next two years
Chinese mining company “Zidjin”, which owns RTB Bor, will open a new copper mine at the Chukaru Peki site near Bor in the next two...
Serbia unexplored mining deposits, environment threat from known polluters?
A possible mining boom in Serbia promises generous profits for private companies that will exploit mining resources. Tax incentives, cheap labour and inadequate environmental regulation...