Metals & Mining
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Green Deal’s Limits Coming to Light: Romania Seeks Salvation in Coal Once Again
Several Romanian MPs intend to change the current legislation and allow coal-fired power plants to reopen under certain conditions. One…
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Critical Minerals, the New strategic Front of the Global Economy
In a world where economic competition increasingly overlaps with geopolitical rivalries, access to critical minerals has become, in the recent…
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World Premiere: Japan Tests Deep-Sea Rare Earth Elements Mining
Japan has launched testing for the extraction of rare earths from the sea at a depth of over 6,000 meters.…
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Strategic Minerals of the Future
The world is undergoing a tectonic shift in the economic and geopolitical balance, driven by a new global competition: access…
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Strategic Minerals of the Future
The world is undergoing a tectonic shift in the economic and geopolitical balance, driven by a new global competition: access…
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Coal-Fired Power Plants Transformed into Digital Hubs
Europe and the US are facing a major structural change, where the energy transition intersects with the digital and AI…
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Coal and Green Transition: Romania’s Strategic Dilemma for the Coming Months
The statements made by Energy Minister Bogdan Ivan regarding the possibility of extending coal mining until 2030 bring back to…
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ANRMPSG-University of Petrosani Partnership
The management of the National Agency for Mineral Resources, Petroleum, and Geological Storage (ANRMPSG) received a visit from a delegation…
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Verde Magnesium: EU’s Sole Strategic Project for Sustainable Magnesium Metal Production
Verde Magnesium is a Strategic Project under EU’s CRM Act and will become the first European magnesium production for 25…
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Role of Coal in Europe’s Energy Security
Energy transition is a complex global process, and in the current context coal continues to play a significant role, even…
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SLB’s Solution for Sustainable Lithium Production: Breakthrough Results
SLB has proven its solution for sustainable lithium production at scale at its demonstration plant in Clayton Valley, Nevada, to…
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H2 Green Steel Financing World’s First Large-scale Green Steel Plant
H2 Green Steel signs definitive debt financing agreements for €4.2 billion in project financing and increases the previously announced equity…
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COP28 Paving Abated Coal Pathway
FutureCoal welcomes COP28’s recognition of the role that abated coal and carbon capture technologies will play in lowering global emissions…
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CRM Act: Sustainable Revival of EU’s Mining, Primary & Secondary Metal Production Industries
Under the pressure from the world’s toughest environmental and social regulatory framework, the EU’s mining and metals extracting industries almost…
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Mining Industry in Romania to Focus on Non-Energy Mineral Resources
While the coal industry is heading for winding-up, the exploitation of critical ferrous and non-ferrous materials will become a priority…
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Mining Closures in Romania: Incentives and Impediments
Romania’s oldest mines in the Jiu Valley, Lonea and Lupeni mines, will enter the closure process this year after several…
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Copper Demand under Pressure Due to Green Deal
The world’s largest economies are committed to reducing carbon emissions by diminishing their reliance on fossil fuels. They are building…
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Phosphorus: A Critical Environmental Challenge
Phosphorus is essential for agriculture, food security and industry, but a critical challenge for water quality and the environment. The…
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Europe’s Largest Rare Earth Metals Deposit
Swedish state-owned mining company LKAB has identified more than 1 million tonnes of rare earth oxides in the Kiruna area…
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World’s First Industrial Solar Furnace to Melt Steel Without Fuel or Electricity
Swiss microtechnology company Panatère, a watch component manufacturer and steel recycling business based in Saignelégier, has announced that it will…
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