The European Union’s move to secure critical minerals through direct equity participation is changing the way environmental compliance is planned […]
Rare earth supply stability is moving to the center of EU industrial and compliance planning after China agreed to suspend
In Southeast Europe’s industrial supply chains, copper is increasingly treated as a strategic input for electrification, renewable energy build-outs, and
Europe’s push to secure strategic minerals for the clean-energy transition is colliding with the realities of environmental permitting on the
Rare earth elements underpin clean energy systems, defense capabilities, electronics manufacturing, and the wider tech and raw materials economy. With
Environmental oversight of major energy and mining developments in Southeast Europe is tightening, as a cluster of Chinese-backed projects encounter
The UK has set out a critical minerals and rare earths strategy designed to reduce dependence on a small number
The European Union’s Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) is intended to shift from market-driven approaches toward strategic intervention. The stated
West African governments are reshaping mineral extraction by asserting sovereignty over deposits of gold, lithium, uranium, bauxite, and cobalt. Governments
In northern Portugal, the village of Covas do Barroso is facing plans for four lithium mines in the surrounding hills.
Rio Tinto has placed its Jadar lithium project in “care and maintenance,” keeping the underground deposit in western Serbia’s Mačva
European financial institutions face growing financial and reputational threats linked to environmental, social and governance risks in critical mineral mining.
