Lloyd’s of London has scrapped its net zero insurance commitments, allowing members to continue underwriting fossil fuel projects.
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A UN committee says Portugal breached treaty obligations by limiting public access to information on the Barroso lithium mine, fueling calls to revoke its license.
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Germany’s Zinnwald lithium project promises jobs and raw materials for EV batteries but faces strong opposition over tourism and environmental risks.
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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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