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Stakeholders in Finland need more information on the impacts of former mining activities on groundwater and surface water, potential soil contamination, and the safety of natural products. According to the University of Eastern Finland, the majority of respondents regarded post-mining sites as unpleasant place that are in need of better reclamation and landscaping measures. “Our […]

Portugal’s environment minister said there would be no lithium mining in Boticas without an environmental impact assessment, explaining that the government saw the business from a perspective of added value. If the company that owns the prospection licence wants to move into production, it will have to conduct an environmental impact assessment and only then […]

Construction activities at the Barruecopardo tungsten project, in Spain, have begun to wind down and mine commissioning activities are ramping up significantly, in line with a previously guided timeline of starting production in early February. London-listed Ormonde Mining reported on Friday that the construction of the turnkey crush and screen plant was completed in September, […]

There is “significant interest” among international mineral companies in Ireland as a gold mining region, according to prospecting firm Connemara Mining, writes Geoff Percival. In a strategic update, the John Teeling-founded company said a number of international investors and mineral companies had expressed interest in Irish gold opportunities at a recent conference held by the […]

Greenland Resources Inc. announce some of the results from a new Concept Study conducted by DRA Americas Inc. Canada that was prepared using the independent pit constrained Mineral Resource estimate produced by RPA Inc. of Toronto, press released in November 23, 2018. The Company believes that the new results are very encouraging and will constitute […]

Direct democracy won another victory in Armenia. On December 18, 2018 Jermuk Community Council adopted a decision to approve the collective petition of its community members on “Declaring Jermuk an ecological economic area and banning metal mining in the community”. The decision was adopted with 7 votes FOR, 0 votes against, 0 abstained, and was […]

Erdene Resource Development Corp announce the results of an independent Preliminary Economic Assessment study for its 100%-owned Khundii Gold Project in southwest Mongolia. The PEA was prepared in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects by RPMGlobal Asia Ltd. The PEA envisions a high-grade, open-pit mine beginning at the Bayan Khundii […]

Kazakhstan’s production of unwrought gold, semi-worked gold or gold in powder form reached 88,491 kg in January-November 2018 showing an increase of 14.1% as compared to the same period of 2017, the Statistics Committee of the National Economy Ministry of Kazakhstan reports. In the accounting period production of unwrought silver, semi-worked silver or silver in […]

The openness rating examines the activities of 33 largest mining companies in Russia. Alrosa is among the ten most environmentally responsible mining companies in Russia, according to the recently published World Wide Fund for Nature report. According to Rough & Polished, Russia’s WWF report centers on the 2018 rating of openness in the field of […]

B92 reported that China’s Zijin Mining Group on Tuesday officially took over Serbia’s copper mining and smelting complex RTB Bor, located in the east of the country. Minister of Mining and Energy Aleksandar Antic and Vice President and Executive Director of Zijin Mining George Fang signed the acquisition contract today. After the signing, Antic emphasized […]