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A Brussels summit on European raw materials finance concluded that national funds must act as catalysts for private investment rather than market replacements, with midstream processing capacity and fragmented "Team Europe" coordination…
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Industry leaders at the RawMaterials Summit warned that Europe must now treat smelting as a national security asset and move its pipeline of 60-plus strategic minerals projects from regulatory designation to operational…
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The EU has shortlisted tungsten, rare earths and gallium for its first coordinated critical minerals stockpile and begun storage talks with the Port of Rotterdam, as ten member states advance planning to…
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Russia's deputy foreign minister has warned that Washington's aggressive push for critical minerals agreements in Central Asia is an attempt to displace Russian influence and establish Western-controlled supply chain infrastructure on Russia's…
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Finland's Terrafame is assessing scandium production from its uranium plant in a pre-feasibility study that could make it Europe's sole scandium supplier, targeting a 2027 investment decision as China's export restrictions expose…
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German researchers have built a 250-kilogram mobile lithium extraction pilot plant to recover lithium from geothermal brines in the North German Basin's 300-million-year-old Rotliegend formation, targeting a dual-use model that produces both…
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The Kvanefjeld dispute reveals that Western critical minerals strategy has focused on deposits, processing and stockpiles while underestimating a fourth risk: whether investors trust the regulatory framework enough to commit the capital…
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Kazakhstan's deputy economy minister says the country needs $10-12 billion in copper and aluminium processing investment to address a structural gap in which 97% of copper is exported without deep refining and…
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Turkey's Mining Platform and Miners Association have rejected CHP opposition claims of low royalties, gold smuggling and unsafe cyanide use as factually wrong, defending a sector they say contributes $700 million annually…
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China has warned Britain to "make decisions prudently" over plans to fully nationalise British Steel, threatening strong measures to protect Chinese company Jingye's rights after London seized operational control of the steelmaker…