European mining news

Aurubis and Metso are to set to work on the decarbonisation of the Hamburg copper smelter, utilising Metso’s hydrogen-ready Outotec Anode Furnaces with hoods and auxiliary equipment.

ABB has launched the Hoisting Young Engineer Exchange Programme to attract the next generation of talented engineering graduates to a career in mine hoisting.

Metso has modernised its pilot facility at the Metso Research Center in Pori, Finland, with expanded capabilities for lithium hydroxide and other battery chemicals process testing.

Volvo Autonomous Solutions and Boliden have entered into a long-term collaboration to implement autonomous transport solutions at Boliden’s Garpenberg site in Sweden.

Infinity Lithium Corp. Ltd has provided an update on the outcome of successful test work relating to the evaluation of alternative extractive technologies.

ERM has been appointed by Cornish Lithium to lead the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for the Trelavour hard rock mine project in Cornwall.

Rainbow has signed a strategic supply agreement with Less Common Metals to develop a responsible Western supply chain for rare earth elements.

Orica has announced the commercial release of the world’s first lead-free non-electric detonator range, Exel Neo.

TMC and Kongsberg Digital have announced the next phase of their agreement to bring AI and hybrid machine learning to future deep-sea nodule collection operations.

RWE has commenced construction of a photovoltaics plant with integrated battery storage system at the Hambach lignite opencast mine.