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Lithium is a metal, and its physical and chemical properties make it versatile enough to be baked into lubricants, ceramics and other useful stuff, including batteries. Lithium-ion batteries, invented in the late 1970s and prized for their energy density and rechargeability, are integral to two pillars of the Green New Deal: electric vehicles and power […]

EIT InnoEnergy a Knowledge and Innovation Community supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology will marshal its broad network and resources to accelerate the Chvaletice Manganese Project’s successful integration into the European Union’s battery supply chain. The group has agreed to help Euro Manganese in securing financing of up to €362 million for […]

Dogu Biga Mining’s first project, the Kirazli gold and silver mine located in the northwestern province of Canakkale, has reached the construction stage and is waiting for its license to be extended. The other two projects, the Agi Dagi and Camyurt mines, are also located in the Canakkale province and will be developed after the […]

Greenland has long been a favourite target of international mining companies, as the island is rich in numerous minerals. Supporters of these projects have contended that they create jobs and bring infrastructural improvements, but critics have pointed out the environmental damage mining does, as well as the disruption of wildlife upon which the Inuit depend. […]

Anglo Asian Mining has a portfolio of gold, copper and silver production and exploration assets in Azerbaijan. Its key operations span three contract areas in Azerbaijan covering 1,062 square kilometres: Gedabek, Gosha and Ordubad. Three additional contract areas covering 900 square kilometres are held in occupied territories which will be developed when the political situation […]

The gold mine, located in the Chatkal district of the Jalal-Abad region, is owned by Full Gold Mining – a company founded by Chinese state-owned enterprise Lingbao Gold. In October 2020, a large fire engulfed buildings at this gold mine. As the authorities checked the site for compliance with safety regulations, rumours started that cyanide […]

Before 2000 there were no mines in South Gobi apart from the state-run Tavan Tolgoi coal mine. But over the past two decades, foreign investment has flooded in, with companies now operating 12 large mines, including Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi, one of the world’s biggest copper and gold mines. Driven by the mining industry’s growing […]

Central Aldan is one of Russia’s largest gold ore districts, with the mineral occurring in numerous deposits, or “lodes,” in the fractured rock. One of the largest lodes lies in the Kuranakh deposit, a shallow, ribbon-like orebody (up to 50 meters thick and 25 kilometers long) sandwiched between Cambrian limestone below and Jurassic sandstone above. In places […]

Vast Resources, the AIM-listed miner said the revised plan for Baita Plai mine in Romania incorporates a move away from the traditional labour-intensive mining methods within the existing plan to a more modern mechanised mining method. Vast said this is designed to overcome various operational issues, enhance productivity and efficiency and optimise the in-situ metal […]

Stolice mine in Northwestern Serbia was an antimony mine that reached its production height of 80,000 tons per year in the 1980s, but shut down in 1990 for financial reasons. The Stolice Mine was hit particularly hard during big floods in 2014. In 2006, the state-owned Stolice mine was part of a large wave of […]