Europe mining news provides essential updates on the continent’s evolving mineral landscape, including lithium, copper, and rare earths critical to the green transition. This category tracks developments from Scandinavian exploration to Balkan resource policies and EU-wide mining initiatives. With Europe reducing dependence on imports and reshaping regulations under the Critical Raw Materials Act, stay informed on strategic projects, environmental policies, and investment movements. Essential for journalists, analysts, and stakeholders tracking Europe’s mining ambitions. Also explore Critical Minerals, Battery Metals, and Green Mining.
Furnaces and conveyors inside a ferronickel processing plant. By Sonny Rollins The European Commission is preparing to issue a statement of objections to MMG’s proposed acquisition of Anglo American’s Brazilian…
BRUSSELS — The European Union will next week introduce a sweeping package of measures aimed at reducing its reliance on China for EU critical minerals, a…
Why the UK materials mining strategy may determine Britain’s energy security and industrial future.
When the EU steel tariffs proposal was unveiled in October 2025, few in Brussels could have predicted how seismic its effects would be. The European Commission’s…
EU green steel projects are faltering just as China accelerates its low-carbon transition with OEM tie-ups and state-directed financing. In the last six months alone, three…
KIRUNA, SWEDEN — When LKAB confirmed this spring that its Per Geijer deposit holds around 1.2 billion tonnes of ore containing 2.2 million tonnes of rare-earth…
Germany fast-tracks geothermal permitting under sweeping law to cut fossil-based heating by 2045
The EU mining investment in Africa 2025 commits €1.3B to secure strategic minerals and support Africa’s economic development.
Public perception is hindering Europe's access to critical minerals, say leaders at the EIT RawMaterials Summit.
Europe’s efforts to reduce its reliance on China for critical minerals are being undercut by steep cost disadvantages, casting doubt over the continent’s ability to meet…
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