Tungsten West, a UK-based mining company, has released a detailed development and economic plan for restarting operations at the Hemerdon tungsten and tin mine in Devon The company projects that, once operational, the mine could supply over 20% of the global primary tungsten output from outside China—a major boost for Western critical mineral supply chains
Fully permitted and construction-ready, the Hemerdon project is expected to produce approximately 332,000 metric tonne units (mtu) of tungsten trioxide and 462 tonnes per year of tin concentrate during steady-state operations