European mining news

The Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) and the London Platinum and Palladium Market (LPPM) have announced a new, non-exclusive collaboration to advance responsible sourcing in the platinum group metals (PGM) value chain.

The mining industry’s shift to renewables demands grid stability; Kristina Carlquist, General Manager, Synchronous Condensers, ABB, explains that synchronous condensers provide essential inertia and reliability for resilient, low-emission power at remote mining operations.

Metso is strengthening its position as the number one service partner from pit to port for the minerals processing industry by introducing a groundbreaking Life Cycle Services (LCS) framework.

Eloise McMinn Mitchell, Flyability, Switzerland, explores the applications of drones in underground mining.

History has been made deep beneath the earth’s surface, in one of the world’s most modern mines, as 55 runners from 18 countries have completed the World’s Deepest Marathon.

Metso has received an order to deliver the third iron ore sintering plant to be built at Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) IISCO Steel Plant (ISP) in Asansol, West Bengal, India.

Cornish Lithium, the innovative mineral development company, today announced that, in a first for the UK, it had started production of refined LHM from lithium extracted from granite in Cornwall.

Epiroc AB, a leading partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, has successfully converted – from manual to fully driverless – all 78 mining haul trucks at Hancock Iron Ore’s Roy Hill mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

The new Hägglunds Thunder is a fully electric, frequency-controlled drive solution with the proven advantages of Hägglunds drive technology.

Following a flooding incident at Tumela Mine in early 2025, ABB stepped in to restore critical infrastructure and restart mining operations.