Germany has already exceeded its 2028 coal reduction target, avoiding new shutdown orders as renewables dominate its power mix.
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Germany’s economy minister wants EU-wide measures to keep copper scrap in Europe as Chinese buyers squeeze raw material supplies for German smelters.
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Kiruna may have to relocate another 6,000 residents as LKAB expands the world’s largest underground iron ore mine.
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Ukraine has opened a $179M lithium tender at the Dobra site, but claims from Critical Metals and European Lithium threaten to spark a legal clash.
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Mining Turns to Waste Reprocessing, AI, and Bio-Tech to Meet Global Copper and Critical Metal Demand
From tailings re-mining to AI-driven digital twins, the mining industry is reinventing itself to deliver copper and critical metals for the clean energy transition.
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The average nominal salary in the mining and quarrying sector reached 888,900 Tenge (approximately $1,650 USD) in the second quarter of 2025, making it the second-highest paying industry after the financial sector. This rise is particularly pronounced when compared to the broader economy, with nominal wages in mining increasing by 12.9% in the first half of the year, while the national average grew by 10.7%
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This week alone, three other major prospective gold deposits have also been auctioned. The Temirchi site in Navoi region fetched 67.78 billion soums, while the Terekli site near Almalyk surged almost 20-fold to 81.8 billion soums.
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"The Samruk-Kazyna group of companies is working on the joint development of uranium deposits in Jordan. Today, during the visit of Jordan's King Abdullah II, an agreement on cooperation will be signed between our subsidiary company Kazatomprom and the national Jordanian uranium company." - Nurlan Zhakupov, Chairman of the Board of Samruk-Kazyna.
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Kyrgyzstan Launches Underground Gold Mining at Kumtor, Prioritizing Sustainability and State Control
“To date, about 1,600 meters of tunnels have already been excavated, and we are ready to mine high-grade ore with a gold content of more than 5 grams per ton. The underground project is expected to operate for 17 years, and 147 tons of gold reserves have been officially added to the state's balance,” said President Zhaparov.
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The EU’s Chvaletice Manganese Project in Czechia showcases both the promise and peril of Europe’s critical minerals strategy, stalled by slow national permitting.
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