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Romania hosts three EU-validated critical minerals strategic projects worth over €1.3 billion, including the EU's second-largest copper deposit and a potential first-ever European magnesium mine, as Europe works to escape a dependence…
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A Kazakhstan government inspection of 55 mines found ten facilities at eight companies lacking mandatory worker positioning systems, with authorities demanding corrective action as part of a broader safety programme covering 50…
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Ukraine's embassy has formally raised concerns over growing Irish alumina exports to Russia via the Rusal-owned Aughinish plant, linking the material to Russian weapons production as Ireland investigates and the EU declines…
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AI adoption in mining will cut labour's share of operating costs from 40% to under 22% by 2031, reduce total headcount by up to 25% and lower all-in sustaining costs by 15…
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Secretary Rubio and Armenian Foreign Minister Mirzoyan signed a TRIPP transport corridor framework, a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Charter and a critical minerals supply agreement in Yerevan, advancing three major pillars of the…
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Mining Finland's new CEO Aleksi Salo is targeting international export growth for the country's 130-member mining technology cluster, as Finland's underexplored Fennoscandian Shield and world-class research infrastructure position it as a leading…
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Uzbekistan will abolish state coal price controls from June 2026 and move to exchange-based trading, while launching a $494 million Nishbosh mine development and a $1.3 billion ultra-supercritical power station as annual…
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The EU has designated Spain's Mina Doade lithium project in Galicia as a Strategic Project under the Critical Raw Materials Act, granting it accelerated permitting of up to 27 months and priority…
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Uzbekistan has resumed gold exports after months of accumulation, shipping $1.5 billion in the first four months of 2026 as prices near $4,800 per ounce make selling the strategic metal highly profitable…
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A major EU-funded study has found that recovering critical minerals from Europe's waste streams could supply more than half the continent's demand by 2050, provided investment in recycling infrastructure and unified regional…