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A northern Portuguese province is planning to extract lithium in an open-cast mine. The locals are not amused. Birds are chirping, and the corn stands tall and can soon be harvested. A cow is grazing at the roadside while a shepherd is accompanying his sheep on their way to the pasture. There’s no cloud in […]

The wind mills could symbolise the main reason why it is economical profitable to reopen the old mine beneath the ground at Viscaria outside Kiruna: A growing demand for copper in a world moving towards an electrified society. Copperstone Resources this week announced revised and enlarged ambitions for the reopening of the Viscaria copper mine […]

There has been a surge in the number of mining projects and a massive expansion of areas under mining concession in the island of Ireland, Fennoscandia and across Europe in recent years. As much as 27 percent of the Republic of Ireland and 25 percent of Northern Ireland is under mining concession, with a single company, Dalradian Resources, holding […]

Thousands of demonstrators rallied across the Serbian capital Belgrade this month, protesting the US$2.4 billion (A$3.3 billion) Jadar lithium mine proposed by global mining giant Rio Tinto. The project, Rio Tinto’s flagship renewable energy initiative, is set to become the largest lithium project in the European Union. Lithium is a crucial component of energy storage, […]

Balkan Mining and Minerals (BMM) begins a surface sampling program at the Dobrinja Lithium-Borate Project in Serbia Once sampling at Dobrinja has been completed, the geological team will move to the Pranjani Project Results from the surface sampling will be assessed with mapping information to prioritise drill targets for future programs Balkan is down 4.38 […]

Greenland’s new government is preparing legislation that will ban uranium mining and cease development of the Kvanefjeld mine, one of the biggest rare earth deposits in the world, the country’s mineral resources minister says. Kvanefjeld, owned by Australian mining firm Greenland Minerals and located near the southern town of Narsaq, contains a large deposit of […]

Centerra Gold Inc. is claiming a Kyrgyz open-pit mine it once ran has flooded and poses safety and environmental risks, although the government-appointed administrator says the water has always been there. There may be at least 40 meters (131 feet) of water at the bottom of the Kumtor central pit, the Canadian mining company said […]

The Finland-based company’s ore reserves have risen from 9.37 million tonnes to 12.3Mt at an average grade of 0.94% lithium oxide. The reserve at its largest deposit, Rapassaari, has grown 55% from a 2019 estimate to 8.21Mt at 0.89% Li2O. The company is aiming to start producing battery-grade lithium hydroxide in 2024, using its own […]

The trial mine, operating under a three-year permit issued by the Environmental Review Commission within the Norrbotten County Administration Board, covers the extraction of 25 000 t of graphite ore from Talga’s Niska South deposit at Vittangi. Trial mined ore will be subsequently refined into the Talga’s flagship lithium-ion battery anode product, known as Talnode-C, […]

Serbian protesters on Saturday marched to oppose Rio Tinto’s lithium mine plans due to rising concerns over the ecological and environmental repercussions Serbian protesters are angry. The country’s activists are rallying support to oppose Rio Tinto’s proposed lithium mine as tensions rise over the environmental repercussions of the project. On Saturday, hundreds of people attended […]