Cinovec Lithium Project: Europe’s Test Case for Sustainable Battery-Materials Supply
High in the Ore Mountains along the Czech–German border, the Cinovec project stands as one of Europe’s most significant lithium resources. Once an abandoned tin...
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Europe’s Deep-Sea Mining Challenge: Balancing Critical Minerals and Marine Conservation
As Europe faces increasing demand for critical raw materials and growing geopolitical pressure, attention is turning to an unconventional frontier: the deep sea. Once primarily...
Portugal’s Lithium Dilemma: Barroso at the Crossroads of Europe’s Green Transition
Europe’s urgent drive for critical raw materials has collided with one of the continent’s most sensitive environmental debates. Nowhere is this tension more evident than...
Middle East Emerges as a Strategic Mining Hub Connecting Africa, the Gulf, and Eurasia
The Middle East is positioning itself at the forefront of a new cross-regional mineral corridor linking African mines with Asian factories and European markets. Gulf...
Qatar and Kuwait Leverage Global Mining Investments to Secure Strategic Minerals
While Qatar and Kuwait possess limited domestic mineral resources, they wield substantial financial influence in global markets. Rather than focusing on local extraction, both countries...
Israel’s Mining Strategy: Driving High-Tech Materials and Industrial Minerals for Defense and Clean Industries
Although Israel’s mining sector is modest in scale, it plays a strategically significant role globally through its production of industrial minerals and high-value materials. The...
Jordan’s Mining Evolution: Strengthening Phosphate and Potash While Exploring Lithium and Rare Earths
Jordan has long been a global leader in phosphate and potash, minerals critical to global food security. Its mining sector is among the most developed...
Iraq’s Mining Revival: Leveraging Phosphate, Sulphur, and Industrial Minerals to Diversify Beyond Oil
While Iraq is globally known for its oil reserves, the country also sits atop substantial mineral wealth, including phosphate, sulphur, limestone, bauxite, kaolin, and silica...
Iran Pushes Ahead With Copper, Steel, and Strategic Metals Expansion Despite Sanctions
Iran is home to some of the Middle East’s most abundant mineral resources — including copper, iron ore, zinc, gold, and an array of rare...
Turkey’s Strategic Mining Rise: Expanding Gold, Copper, and Rare Earths to Shape Eurasian–Middle Eastern Supply Chains
Turkey occupies one of the world’s most strategically important crossroads, linking Europe, Asia, and the Middle East—a position that profoundly influences its mining and metals...
