Tag Archives: ESG
Tungsten’s Supply Crunch Turns a Niche Metal into a Strategic Bottleneck
Tightening supply and fast-growing demand are pushing tungsten from an overlooked industrial input to a strategic raw material, with China controlling most of global production. For…
Greenland Rejects Kvanefjeld Licence Renewal, Highlighting Political and Environmental Risk in Rare-Earth Supply
Greenland has denied the renewal of the Kvanefjeld mining licence, further delaying one of the largest undeveloped rare earth deposits outside China. The decision—tied to Greenland’s…
Northern Ireland Grants Mining Licences Despite Overwhelming Public Opposition, Highlighting Europe’s Resource Dilemma
Northern Ireland has issued seven new mineral prospecting licences, despite overwhelming public opposition, underscoring the growing tension between Europe’s push for domestic resource development and local…
Spain Rises as Europe’s Rare Earth Powerhouse in Strategic Push for Critical Raw Materials Independence
Spain is rapidly emerging as a key hub for rare earth elements in Europe, as a combination of untapped geological potential, supportive government policy, and EU…
China Slashes Dysprosium and Terbium Exports, Tightening Global Rare Earth Supply Chains
Global supply chains for critical materials are facing renewed pressure as China’s exports of dysprosium and terbium fell sharply in early 2026, underscoring the country’s continued…
Antimony Resources Enters Permitting Phase at Bald Hill Project as Critical Minerals Demand Intensifies
Antimony Resources has officially moved its Bald Hill antimony project in Canada into the permitting and regulatory phase, marking a key transition from early-stage exploration toward…
EU Court challenge puts Portugal’s Barroso lithium project in the spotlight
Residents’ group Associação Unidos em Defesa de Covas do Barroso and ClientEarth have asked the European Court of Justice to review the European Commission’s decision to…
Environmental and community groups sue EU over “strategic” lithium mine designation in Portugal
Associação Unidos em Defesa de Covas do Barroso (UDCB) and ClientEarth have filed a case at the European Court of Justice challenging the European Commission’s decision…
Europe tightens ESG disclosure rules as Serbia edges toward ESRS alignment
Europe’s CSRD is expanding ESG reporting to about 50,000 entities and moving disclosures toward standardized, audit-ready data. Serbia remains outside the EU framework, but market demand…
Middle East risk spotlights Europe’s critical minerals exposure—and the limits of current plans
Europe’s push to secure critical minerals for defence and industry is being tested by Gulf of Hormuz tensions, which are tightening access to key inputs such…