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Portugal has inaugurated a €400 million expansion at the Aljustrel copper and zinc mine, backed by €128 million in EU recovery funds, as Prime Minister Montenegro describes mining as central to national…
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G7 leaders at Evian have agreed that no single country should supply more than 60% of their rare earth imports by 2030, with binding sector quotas for defence manufacturers under discussion as…
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Indonesian President Prabowo invited Germany to join Indonesia's critical minerals supply chain including rare earths during President Steinmeier's state visit, as Jakarta seeks to broaden its downstream processing partnerships beyond Chinese capital…
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Lumina Metals surged 46% on its Warsaw Stock Exchange debut as Prime Minister Tusk endorsed the company's $6.4 billion Nowa Sól copper project as central to a Polish "Copper Valley" strategy that…
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Japan is sending a METI-led delegation to Greenland this summer to evaluate rare earth extraction opportunities, adding Tokyo to the list of governments actively pursuing the Arctic island's strategic mineral potential.
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The G7 critical minerals trading bloc is hitting turbulence as European allies reject a Pentagon AI pricing model, France and the US clash over bilateral versus multilateral approaches, and the mining industry…
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A London gathering of geoscientists, financiers, lawyers and diplomats produced an unusually candid assessment of Kazakhstan's mining sector: improving but slipping in Fraser Institute rankings, Soviet geological data being unlocked by AI,…
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The second B5+1 Business Forum in Bishkek brought the largest-ever US commercial delegation to Central Asia as Special Envoy Gor declared the private sector will lead US engagement in the region, with…
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Kyrgyzstan's natural resources minister met Turkish mining company MTA International to discuss joint geological exploration and rare earth research cooperation, as Bishkek advances its mining transparency agenda and seeks foreign technological partnerships…
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Japan's JAEA and Kazakhstan's National Nuclear Centre have launched the EAGLE-4 fast reactor safety programme, covering in-pile and out-of-pile experiments through to 2031 as Japan advances its Generation IV sodium-cooled fast reactor…