Europe
Norway’s Fen Rare Earth Find Puts Europe’s Critical Minerals Strategy to the Test
Norway’s Fen Carbonatite Complex has been re-estimated at 15.9 million tonnes of rare earth oxides, with about 19% neodymium and praseodymium—key inputs for magnets used in…
Norway takes planning control of Fen rare earth project as Europe seeks supply security
Norway has moved to assume national planning authority for the Fen rare earth deposit, aiming to speed approvals for a project seen as pivotal to reducing…
Norway moves to centralise planning for Fen rare earth project to speed Europe’s critical minerals push
Norway has stepped in to take over planning for the Fen rare earth project in Telemark, aiming to accelerate development after Rare Earths Norway upgraded its…
Europe’s Technology Licensing Gap Strengthens China’s Industrial Leverage in Global Competition
Europe’s ambition to reduce strategic dependence on China is increasingly being tested in a less visible but highly consequential area: technology licensing and intellectual property control.…
Europe’s Rare Earth Dependency Exposes a Strategic Weakness in the Green Industrial Transition
Europe’s ambition to lead the global energy transition is increasingly constrained by a less visible but critical bottleneck: a structural dependence on imported rare earth elements.…
Portugal’s Barroso lithium project puts Europe on the front line of the battery supply race
Portugal is drawing rising investor and industrial attention for lithium, with the Barroso project seen as Europe’s potential anchor for spodumene supply. EU-backed support and long…
KGHM Targets Morocco for Copper Expansion, Seeking Shorter Supply Lines to Poland
Poland’s state-controlled copper producer KGHM says Morocco has become a priority for its international expansion, with new cooperation aimed at bringing raw materials closer to its…
Ukraine Iron Ore Faces 2026 Stress Test as Prices, Power Costs and EU Carbon Rules Bite
Ukraine’s iron ore sector is entering 2026 with production and export declines already underway, as weak global prices, sharply higher electricity costs and the EU’s CBAM…
EGA’s €145M Germany push and Eco Green deal underline a shift toward low-carbon aluminium recycling
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) is buying an 80% stake in Italian recycler Eco Green and investing €145 million in a major Lower Saxony facility, moves that…
Sokli Project Transforms Finland Into a Strategic Hub for Europe’s Lithium, Rare Earths, and Raw Materials Supply Chain
Deep in Finland’s remote Lapland region, the Sokli project is evolving into far more than a conventional mining operation. What was once viewed as a single-resource…