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Bleiberg Zinc–Germanium Discovery in Austria Signals New Momentum for Europe’s Critical Raw Materials Strategy
Battery Age Minerals has taken a meaningful step toward reviving one of Europe’s most historically important polymetallic districts, as early drilling confirms a structurally controlled zinc–lead–germanium…
Military Metals’ Maiden Trojárová Resource Highlights EU Antimony Supply Gap
Military Metals has released a maiden inferred resource for its Trojárová antimony-gold project in western Slovakia, totaling 6.5 million tonnes at 1.02% antimony and 1.06 g/t…
Bosnia’s €25bn Mining Portfolio Puts Strategic Metals on the Map—But Permits Could Decide the Timing
A German-backed investor says its Bosnia and Herzegovina concession portfolio includes an estimated €25 billion resource base spanning industrial minerals and polymetallic potential. Progress, however, hinges…
Serbia’s industrial bet hinges on power, grids and carbon rules as Chinese capital builds a mining-to-export chain
Serbia is emerging as a key European production and processing hub as Chinese-backed investment links copper, steel and logistics to the realities of electricity cost volatility…
Southeast Europe’s Industrial “Perimeter” Strategy Gains Momentum as Cost Pressure Hits Western Plants
As labour and energy costs rise in Western Europe, Southeast Europe is positioning itself as an industrial “perimeter” for processing and refining—backed by lower wages, cheaper…
Southeast Europe Positions Itself as Europe’s Near-Shore Processing Alternative for Critical Metals
Southeast Europe is increasingly being treated as a practical substitute for bottlenecks in Western European refining, combining lower operating costs with proximity to EU industrial demand.…
Rising Treatment Charges and Energy Costs Put European Copper Smelters Under Strain
European copper smelters are facing a structural squeeze as treatment and refining charges jump to about $315 per tonne in 2026, reflecting feedstock competition rather than…
Middle Island Resources restarts drilling at Bobija gold project in western Serbia
Middle Island Resources has launched a new reverse circulation drilling program at its Bobija project near Ljubovija, targeting extensions of mineralised zones within a historic barite…
Çataltepe Mine Rolls Out Turkey’s First Digital Product Passport for Critical Minerals
Minespider and TETHYS Trans-Eurasian Gateway have launched the first Digital Product Passport at the Çataltepe Polymetallic Mine in Çanakkale, aiming to make critical mineral shipments more…
Bleiberg Drilling Highlights Zinc-Lead-Germanium Upside as Battery Age Minerals tests Europe’s critical metals pipeline
Battery Age Minerals says its initial drilling at the Bleiberg project in Austria has confirmed zinc mineralisation and returned germanium values, reviving a historic mining district…