Europe

The United Kingdom has opened applications for its £25 million ($34 million) Critical Minerals Fund, known as the Critical Minerals Accelerator, inviting proposals from companies working on extraction, processing and recycling of critical minerals across the country. Administered by the...

A new German-Chilean research initiative has been launched to accelerate collaboration on sustainable lithium extraction, battery recycling and critical minerals research, aiming to strengthen resilient battery supply chains while promoting cleaner production technologies. The project, known as PaNaBat, will establish...

Sweden announced plans to boost the Sweden mining sector, specifically targeting rare earth minerals to counter European dependence on China. Sweden already hosts Europe's largest iron ore mine in Kiruna, located in the Arctic Circle, where significant rare earth...

FRANKFURT, GERMANY - The full, high-level conference agenda for co-located E-Waste World, Battery Recycling, Metal Recycling ITAD & Circular Electronics Expo (EBMI) has officially launched, and, for the first time since its establishment, organisers have made the 2026 conference...

The European Union - EU has been paying greater significance to the strategic effects when it comes to concentrated supply chains in the last few years. Lithium has gone on to become quite an important resource for the 21st-century economy, just like oil was...

In a recent move, China and Germany have rapidly moved to mend the trade tensions that rose after Beijing restricted the exports of its rare earths and chips. These disruptions have indeed snarled the German production lines and also...

Keir Starmer, the UK Prime Minister, has announced a critical minerals and rare earths strategy in order to build resilience against China, which has a massive hold on supplies of materials, including the likes of magnets that are critical...