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Western Balkans’ Tailings Boom Tests Europe’s Ability to Finance Circular Critical Materials
In the Western Balkans, tailings, slag and legacy stockpiles are being reframed as strategic raw material resources, aiming to narrow Europe’s critical raw materials gap. But…
Europe’s Mining Push Widens: From Battery Inputs to Fertilisers, Defence and Industrial Minerals
Europe’s mining revival is expanding beyond lithium, nickel and graphite as the continent confronts import dependence across agriculture, construction, defence and chemicals. Investors are increasingly valuing…
Germany and Serbia Tighten Mining Cooperation as Europe Builds Closer Critical Materials Links
A German delegation’s visit to Serbia—centered on geology and mining collaboration—underscores how Europe is shifting from raw-materials policy statements toward tighter, EU-aligned supply-chain execution. The focus…
Graphite and Tungsten Move From Commodity Plays to Europe’s Supply-Chain Strategy
Investors are increasingly treating graphite and tungsten as strategic building blocks for resilient supply chains, reflecting pressure from the energy transition, defense demand, and heightened geopolitical…
Eurobattery Minerals moves San Juan tungsten in Galicia toward execution, aiming for faster EU supply security
Eurobattery Minerals has advanced its San Juan tungsten project in A Gudiña, Galicia, entering an execution-focused stage that brings engineering, financing and industrial market links into…
Outokumpu’s Kemi Expansion Turns Waste Rock and Tailings into a Financing-Grade Circular Business Model
Outokumpu is building Europe’s first industrial-scale circular mining ecosystem at its Kemi chromite mine, aiming to monetize roughly 3 million tonnes of annual waste rock and…
Horizon Europe’s cross-border R&D push is reshaping how European mining and materials projects get built
Europe is moving beyond a model built on owning raw resources toward one focused on transforming ores into industrial-grade metals and battery-related materials. Horizon Europe—its €95.5…
Europe’s dilemma in a processing-led minerals world: where value is made, and who holds the levers
As battery and industrial supply chains shift toward processing and chemical conversion, Europe’s influence looks strongest in selective niches but weaker in the large-scale steps that…
FinnCobalt’s First Standalone Sustainability Report Highlights Execution Risk Controls for Eurobattery Minerals’ Hautalampi Project
Eurobattery Minerals’ Finnish subsidiary FinnCobalt has published its first standalone sustainability report for the Hautalampi battery metals project, outlining how it plans to manage environmental, safety…
Europe’s 2030 Critical Minerals Stress Test: What Lithium, Copper and Rare Earth Dependence Means for Supply Risk
A scenario analysis for 2030 suggests Europe’s critical minerals system—built on imports, contracts, and recycling—can look balanced under normal conditions, but becomes costly and constrained when…