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49 published stories in this archive.
Companies & Organisations
One of Europe’s deepest mines is being transformed into an underground energy store. It will use gravity to retain excess power for when it is needed.
Industry News
A Scottish company is using the Pyhäjärvi mine to build its first full-scale prototype gravity energy store.
Industry News
A Scottish company aims to demonstrate its gravity energy storage technology at full scale in one of Europe’s deepest mines, near a small town in central Finland.
Companies & Organisations
Sandvik has acquired a new testing facility in Finland to develop and prove future surface drilling technologies
Companies & Organisations
Canadian gold miner Agnico Eagle confirmed on Friday that its operating permit for the Kittila mine in Finland remains valid despite appeals for reconsideration, and, as a result, the company now expects…
Industry News
Two rare earth minerals have been found in Finland for the first time in what could be a boost to Europe’s supply of critical minerals necessary for the energy transition.
Industry News
Sakatti, with its metal concentrations of platinum group metals (PGMs), copper, nickel, cobalt, and others, may be the site of the next greenfield project of diversified Johannesburg- and London-listed mining company Anglo American.
Companies & Organisations
Metso has modernised its pilot facility at Metso Research Center in Pori, Finland, with expanded capabilities for lithium hydroxide and other battery chemicals process testing.
Industry News
In a few years, Finland will begin depositing spent nuclear fuel underground in Onkalo, where it will remain for millennia. Erika Benke describes her experience of visiting the site.