Europe

Spain's Andalucían regional government is re-opening the controversial Los Frailes mine in Aznalcóllar, near Seville. In April 1998, a holding dam at the mine burst releasing around five million m³ of acidic mine tailings containing dangerous levels of several...

Poland is to seek approval from the European Commission for its plan to extend state funding to some loss-making coal mines. The slump in coal prices, increase in production costs and sliding demand is affecting the financial health of...

Razrez Arshanovsky has announced the opening of its new coal mine in the Khakassia Republic of southern Siberia, Russia. Arshanovsky mine was previously is said to have faced opposition over pollution fears, threats to water and fish supplies and...

The Isua iron ore project is located in Greenland, approximately 150km north-east of Nuuk. The project is owned by London Mining and includes the development of an open pit mine, ore processing plant, shipping and other necessary facilities and...

Hard coal mining in Germany, centred on the Ruhr, Saar and Ibbenbüren coalfields, was amalgamated into Deutsche Steinkohle AG (DSK) at the beginning of 1999. DSK is a wholly owned subsidiary of the RAG group. RAG group activities are...

The Garpenberg silver and base metals operation is wholly owned by New Boliden, based in Stockholm, the entity created in January 2004 by consolidating the zinc and copper mining and smelting interests of Boliden AB and Outokumpu Oy. (See...

The Eynez coal mine in Soma, Manisa Province, Turkey, saw one of the world's worst mining disasters on 13 May 2014 following an explosion. The total number of casualties from the incident was estimated at 282 the following day...