Europa Metals Limited builds knowledge base at Toral project in Spain
A recent scoping study put a net present value (NPV) on the Castilla y León project of US$110mln Europa Metals Limited is developing a silver, lead...
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Portugal Raises the Stakes in the Lithium Market
Portugal plans to open a lithium licensing auction in May, as part of an ongoing bid to expand their lithium production, streamline their refinement process,...
Romania, Rosia Montana: Seeds of utopia in town almost lost to gold mining
Hope and unease in fertile Romanian village, six years after protests halted plans for Europe’s largest gold mine In 2013, Rosia Montana was almost destroyed to...
Stantec to help Turkey copper miner Eti Bakir transition underground
Global design firm Stantec has been selected to review and evaluate Eti Bakir’s copper mining facility in Siirt Province, Turkey. The copper mine has operated as an open pit...
Tajikistan: Chinese company gets gold mine in return for power plant
TBEA contributed most of the $349 million it cost to build a power plant in Dushanbe A company from China has reportedly been granted a...
Will Kyrgyzstan call time on uranium mining?
Soviet-era mining dumps pose threats to communities and the wider region As citizens of a former Soviet state still living with the stains from Moscow’s...
Mongolia lawmakers seek to rewrite Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi deal
A group of Mongolian legislators has recommended one of the agreements underpinning Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi copper mine should be scrapped and another changed,...
Euro Sun explains its ‘environmentally responsible’ Romania gold project
Canada-based Euro Sun Mining has explained its decision to design its Rovina Valley gold project, in Romania, as a so-called “green” gold project, without the...
The region at the crossroads – for or against the heavy mining industry
In the shadow of the daily political problems, the countries of the region avoid adopting a strategic decision, based on a basic consensus – will...
Mining projects in Serbia – a development driver or a great environmental unknown
Potential market for global players In Serbia, 25 large companies currently conduct geological explorations, mainly metallic raw materials, lithium and boron. These are large foreign-owned...
