Europe Top Stories

UN to deploy satellite-based monitoring to strengthen global mining safety standards

World Mine Tailings Failures predicts 13 catastrophic TSF failures between 2025 – 2029.

Staff Writer | December 2, 2024 | 4:48 pm

Rio Tinto, Imperial College London launch Centre for Future Materials

Rio will invest $150 million in the Centre over the…

Staff Writer | December 2, 2024 | 3:31 pm

Deutsche Bank sticks out among financiers of Peabody’s coal loan

Peabody obtained a $2.1 billion bridge loan to help it…

Bloomberg News | December 2, 2024 | 2:23 pm

Condor Gold shares surge on takeover approaches

The company reported nonbinding takeover approaches from Calibre Mining and…

Staff Writer | December 2, 2024 | 10:19 am

Critical Metals’ Wolfsberg lithium project to get fast-tracked without EIA

The Wolfsberg project in Austria represents the first fully permitted…

Staff Writer | December 2, 2024 | 10:07 am

UK gov’t finds Glencore fell short of business guidelines in Chad

Case centres on a 2018 toxic spill at the Badila oilfield, equivalent in volume to 34 Olympic-sized swimming pools.

Staff Writer | November 21, 2024 | 5:08 am

Eramet, JUWI Energies ink deal for solar and battery storage project in Senegal

The 20 MWp solar and 11 MWh battery project will provide clean energy to meet 20% of the mine’s energy needs.

Staff Writer | November 20, 2024 | 2:07 pm

Akobo Minerals opens Ethiopia’s Segele gold mine

The ceremony was attended by Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, which Akobo says shows the mine's significance to the nation's economy.

Staff Writer | November 20, 2024 | 5:27 am

Higher supplies to the UK lift Swiss October gold exports

Supplies from Switzerland to Britain in October reached the highest level since June 2021.

Reuters | November 19, 2024 | 10:41 am

Wagner Group linked to $2.5 billion in illicit gold trading — report

Globally, artisanal and small-scale gold mining accounts for about 20% of annual gold production.

Staff Writer | November 18, 2024 | 9:36 am

Ionic Rare Earths unveils promising UK recycling plant feasibility

Ionic Rare Earths said the study shows strong potential for a profitable and unique UK magnet recycling facility.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 18, 2024 | 6:55 am

Orano warns of financial problems at Niger uranium plant

The West African nation increasingly seeks new partners, such as Russia, in its mining sector.

Reuters | November 15, 2024 | 7:51 am

Boliden closing in on deal for Lundin’s European mines

A deal would cement Boliden’s position as one of Europe’s biggest producers of zinc.

Bloomberg News | November 14, 2024 | 12:35 pm

Critical Metals expects new feasibility study for Wolfsberg lithium project in Q1 2025

Wolfsberg represents Europe's first fully permitted spodumene mine, and potentially its first lithium concentrate producer.

Staff Writer | November 14, 2024 | 10:42 am

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