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Kazakhstan Maintains Position Among Top Copper Producers with 710,000 Tonnes in 2025
Kazakhstan produced 710,000 tonnes of copper in 2025, securing its position as the ninth largest producer globally, alongside Indonesia.
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Kazakhstan’s Mining Sector: Navigating Investment Challenges Amidst Mineral Wealth
Kazakhstan's mining sector, rich in mineral resources, faces investment challenges due to outdated reporting standards and a fragmented exploration market, despite rising global demand for critical minerals.
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Transforming a Coal Mine into Spain’s Largest Artificial Lake: The As Pontes Success Story
The As Pontes coal mine in Spain has been transformed into the country's largest artificial lake, showcasing successful rehabilitation and new recreational opportunities after decades of lignite extraction.
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Exploring the Rhine Valley’s Potential for Lithium and Rubidium Extraction
The Rhine Graben may become a crucial source of lithium and rubidium for Europe, with new estimates suggesting significant reserves and potential for sustainable extraction alongside geothermal energy production.
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Strengthening Transatlantic Ties: Canada and the EU’s Critical Minerals Strategy
Canada and the EU are enhancing their partnership to secure critical minerals supply chains, focusing on midstream processing to reduce reliance on China and bolster economic resilience.
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Europe Advances in Circular Advanced Materials with New Funding Initiatives
Europe launches national calls for expressions of interest in Circular Advanced Materials to boost innovation and sustainability across strategic industrial value chains.
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Europe’s Energy Metals Dilemma: Between Policy Ambition and Market Reality, Who Blinks First?
Europe faces an unprecedented raw materials crisis that policy targets systematically underestimate. By 2030, demand for energy metals are expected to explode. Lithium demand will increase five-fold. Cobalt will rise nine-fold. Nickel,…
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Kazakhstan Completes Digitisation of 4.8 Million Geological Materials
Kazakhstan has digitised 4.8 million geological materials, enhancing data accessibility and paving the way for AI integration in geological information management.
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Finland’s Critical Materials Industry: Navigating Bottlenecks for Sustainable Growth
Finland's critical materials industry faces investment and regulatory challenges, necessitating a shift from extraction to managing bottlenecks in processing and legitimacy for sustainable growth.
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Unlocking Europe’s Geological Potential for Critical Raw Materials
A study reveals Europe must increase mineral exploration investment tenfold to secure critical raw materials for its green transition, highlighting the region's geological potential.