Europe’s largest lithium mine The Jadar lithium project is Europe’s largest lithium mine, with a supposed $2.4 billion fund from Rio Tinto. The said lithium mine could produce 1 million electric vehicle (EV) batteries. However, locals of Jadar Valley opposed the project, not willing to sacrifice their land. They don’t want to replace their sweet […]

The European Commission recently released the EU Critical Raw Materials Act aimed at achieving climate-neutrality by 2050 and securing Europe’s sustainable and resilient economic growth. Eurasian Resources Group, a leading diversified natural resources group headquartered in Luxembourg, highly commends the publication of the Act. Pursuing ‘metals diplomacy’ through EU trade agreements and the Global Gateway […]

A BIRN investigation shows that Rio Tinto has spent more than a million euros on land in Serbia at the proposed site of a lithium mine that was eventually cancelled a year ago, while a redacted readout of a meeting with the EU makes clear the company’s fear of a national referendum on the issue. […]

As the world transitions to more renewable forms of energy, surging demand for critical minerals such as cobalt, nickel, aluminium and lithium could bring significant risk to communities affected by mining and mineral processing. Yet many such communities have no channels available to raise concerns or seek redress. This leaves the door open for abuses and […]

For decades, the environmental and human cost of mining minerals like lithium and cobalt has largely been hidden from Europe’s view. That’s about to change. As the EU looks to diversify its supply of critical raw materials away from China, it wants to make it easier to tap into domestic reserves of the minerals it […]

Eclipse Metals Ltd has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Minerals, Materials and Society Program at the University of Delaware, USA as it looks to ensure regional sustainable development and diversification of the economy around its Ivigtût Project in Southwest Greenland. The partnership will work collaboratively to research potential avenues for regional economic […]

Forecasts suggest the UK will require around 80,000 tons of lithium a year by 2030, but almost 40 percent of that could come from under Cornwall. The second great Cornish metals rush has begun. Two-and-a-half decades after the closure of its last tin mine, the mineral-rich county could be on the verge of becoming a […]

The European Commission has announced the Critical Raw Minerals Act as the bloc competes in the green energy transition. The European Commission (EC) has outlined plans for how the EU will compete in the development of new technologies necessary for the green transition against the US and China. The Critical Raw Minerals Act, proposed by […]

Nearly 150 delegates participated in the forum, including Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Almas Aidarov, representatives of government and business associations, as well as top managers of leading Canadian companies, such as Hatch, Cameco Corporation, B2Gold, Arras Minerals, Nutrien, Teck Resources Limited, Ion Energy, among others. The trade turnover between Kazakhstan and Canada in 2022 […]