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EU-Africa Critical Minerals Cooperation
EU-Africa critical minerals partnerships must expand beyond extraction to include processing and manufacturing, ensuring mutual economic benefits and sustainable development.
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Policies and Regulation
Europe’s Raw Materials Strategy Under Pressure as China Tightens Supply Control
Europe's critical raw materials strategy faces mounting pressure as China dominates supply chains and global investments decline, threatening the EU's 2030 independence targets.
Companies & Organisations
Energy Transition Minerals Claims Greenland Expropriated Kvanefjeld Rare Earth Project Through Uranium Ban
Energy Transition Minerals claims Greenland expropriated its Kvanefjeld rare earth project worth $150 million through uranium legislation, blocking development of a critical minerals asset.
Industry News
Sociopolitical Geology and the Energy Transition: Navigating Paradoxes in Critical Raw Materials Supply
Academic analysis of sociopolitical paradoxes in Europe's energy transition, examining opposition to critical mineral mining from environmental and populist movements amid geopolitical tensions.
Industry News
Europe’s Race for Lithium: An EIB Group Documentary on Strategic Raw Materials and the Clean Tech Era
Europe's commitment to becoming carbon neutral by 2050 requires more than 20 times its current lithium consumption. Dangerously dependent on imports from Australia, Chile and China, the continent is now developing its…
MINEX Forum News
Europe’s Energy Metals Crisis: Between Policy Ambition and Market Reality
Europe faces an unprecedented raw materials crisis that policy targets systematically underestimate. By 2030, demand for energy metals is expected to explode. Lithium demand will increase five-fold. Cobalt will rise nine-fold. Nickel,…
Companies & Organisations
Finnvera Issues Letter of Interest for €100M Avalon Lithium Processing Facility in Ontario
Finnvera issues nonbinding letter of interest for €100M Metso equipment contract to support Avalon's lithium processing facility in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Policies and Regulation
EU Forms Emergency Task Force to Mitigate Risks of China Rare Earths Trade Disruption
The EU is forming an emergency task force to prepare for potential rare earths supply disruptions from China, as current export arrangements expire in October, threatening critical manufacturing inputs.
Industry News
Spain Accelerates Critical Minerals Strategy with €414 Million Investment
Spain has launched a €414 million critical minerals strategy to accelerate exploration, mining and processing, supporting projects such as Oropesa Tin and Barruecopardo tungsten as the EU seeks to diversify raw material…
Industry News
Austrian Lawmakers Seek Probe Into Ferrexpo’s Corporate Structure and Financial Transactions
Austrian lawmakers have requested investigations into Ferrexpo's corporate structure, transfer pricing practices and related transactions as the iron ore producer faces growing financial challenges.