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Osmond Resources’ Orión Project in Southern Spain Gains Strategic Weight Under EU Critical Minerals Push
Osmond Resources is advancing its OriĂłn EU Critical Minerals Project in AndalucĂa, where early sampling and drilling point to heavy mineral concentrations and potential scale across…
US DFC backs Krstov Dol antimony restart with $5m facility, underscoring Europe-Balkans supply-chain push
The US International Development Finance Corporation has approved a $5 million project development facility for the Krstov Dol antimony project in North Macedonia, signaling a shift…
Europe’s Rare Earth Magnet Challenge: NdFeB Supply Chains, China Dependence and the Rise of Nearshoring
Europe’s electrification ambitions increasingly depend on a critical yet largely invisible component: neodymium–iron–boron (NdFeB) magnets. These high-performance magnets are essential to electric vehicles, wind turbines and…
St George Mining pushes Araxá rare earths toward mine-to-magnet supply chain with REalloys and Brazil processing partners
Australia-listed St George Mining is expanding its Brazil-focused rare earth strategy by aligning the Araxá project with REalloys’ magnet materials expertise and building a local processing…
Refractory Materials Move to the Front of Europe’s Industrial Risk Calculus
As Europe pushes steel, cement and glass production toward lower emissions and higher efficiency, refractory materials are increasingly treated as a financial lever rather than a…
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…
Energy arbitrage turns battery storage into a competitiveness lever for Europe’s metal refiners
As battery energy storage systems (BESS) spread across European refining sites, operators are using energy arbitrage—charging when power is cheap and discharging during peaks—to stabilize costs…
How Europe’s Black Mass Refineries Are Reshaping Battery Mineral Economics
Black mass refining is turning shredded lithium-ion battery waste into battery-grade inputs, with Europe expecting recycling to cover 10–20% of lithium and cobalt demand by 2030.…
Copper Smelters in Europe Are Redesigning Operations Around Power Trading
Soaring and volatile electricity prices since 2022 are pushing European copper smelters to treat power procurement like a risk-managed trading activity—using long-term PPAs, flexible scheduling, and…
Europe’s Critical Minerals Push Faces a Refining Bottleneck as Batteries Scale Up
Europe is expanding its critical minerals and battery materials footprint from mining to manufacturing, but refining capacity remains the key constraint. As gigafactories ramp up, companies…