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Europe’s battery metals pivot: how Russian refining links are being unwound and rebuilt
Europe’s effort to secure a resilient, low-carbon battery metals supply chain is colliding with a structural legacy of Russian refining. Since 2022, metals flows have been…
Umicore’s European bet on recycling and refining: building resilience in battery metals supply
As electric vehicle demand lifts the volume of end-of-life batteries, Umicore is positioning its Belgium operations to turn recovered materials into battery-grade inputs. The company’s model…
Terrafame’s Low-Carbon Nickel Play Puts Europe’s Battery Supply Chain on a Different Cost Curve
Finland’s Terrafame is positioning its Sotkamo operation as a low-emissions route to battery-grade nickel and cobalt chemicals, using bioleaching to cut energy intensity. With Europe tightening…
Europe Rewrites the Nickel–Cobalt Playbook: From Mining to Processing Under Pressure
Europe’s nickel and cobalt strategy is shifting toward reprocessing legacy assets and building battery-grade refining capacity, as global oversupply and project economics force developers to compete…
Europe Bets on Supply-Chain Leverage for Critical Minerals as Direct Control Proves Hard
Europe’s critical minerals strategy is shifting away from owning resources toward supply chain diplomacy, using contracts, financing and institutional cooperation to secure copper, lithium, nickel and…
Europe’s battery recycling push turns critical metals into a supply lever
Europe is moving to make battery recycling a strategic part of its critical minerals plan, aiming for 25% of supply from recycling by 2030. The shift…
Finci u borbi za odrĹľivu proizvodnju nikla i kobalta
U svetlu sve većih zahteva za baterijskim metalima, Finska se pozicionira kao ključni igrač na evropskom tržištu, ali ne bez izazova. N...
Scandinavija pokreće novu eru istraživanja strateških minerala
U poslednje vreme, Scandinavija se pojavila kao kljuÄŤna taÄŤka za nova istraĹľivanja mineralnih resursa, sa fokusom na otvorene distrikte...
Evropska zelena tranzicija i izazovi kritiÄŤnih minerala
U svetlu sve izraĹľenije potrebe za dekarbonizacijom, evropske zemlje se suoÄŤavaju sa znaÄŤajnim promenama u industriji, mobilnosti i ene...
Sjedinjene Američke Države jačaju strateške napore u izgradnji partnerstava za kritične minerale
Sjedinjene AmeriÄŤke DrĹľave su pokrenule intenzivan proces stvaranja novih saradnji sa zemljama bogatim mineralima, posebno u Africi i L...