Medgold completes drilling at Tlamino Serbia
Medgold Resources Corp. completed the planned drilling for 2018 at the Tlamino gold project in southern Serbia. The exploration programme at Tlamino is fully funded...
Raw materials ‘megatrends’ point to looming supply risks in Europe
Markets for raw materials have recovered from the 2008 financial crash, fuelled by the continued digital transformation of the economy and the rapid deployment of...
Europe’s mining sector faces skilled workers shortage
Trade unions expressed concerns on Tuesday (20 November) about a shortage of skilled workers in the extraction industry, which they say is becoming a problem...
Poland split over coal ahead of UN summit
Poland’s energy ministry has come out fighting for the coal sector, ahead of UN climate talks in Katowice next month. Krzysztof Tchórzewski’s ministry defended the...
Rio Tinto: the long road to transparency
Inhabitants of the Anosy region of Madagascar say they no longer know their rights in relation to Rio Tinto’s Qit Minerals Madagascar ilmenite mine along...
Zijin Mining gets approvals for $1.41bn Nevsun acquisition of Serbia copper world class deposits
Chinese firm Zijin Mining Group has secured approvals from Chinese and Canadian authorities for its proposed $1.41bn acquisition of Nevsun Resources. According to Nevsun, Zijin...
Urban mining: In search of Europe’s valuable waste
Each year Europe wastes millions of tonnes of valuable metals by landfilling or exporting them. How can policy measures increase the recovery of these materials?...
Carbon sleight of hand continues at Czech coal giant
The quasi state-owned Czech energy company ČEZ is up to its old tricks again. It celebrates a 30 % reduction in emissions, praising the public...
EBRD confirms it will not finance New Kosovo coal plant
Following the World Bank’s recent statement that it will not provide support for the 500 MW New Kosovo coal power plant, the EBRD has now...
Macedonia: Euromax assures that it will not use cyanide and sulfuric acid
Euromax Resources, the concessionaire of the Ilovica Štuk mine, presented the economic benefits and environmental and health measures as part of the mine project to...
