European mining news

Goldsky Resources Corp has announced the commencement of the 2026 winter drilling season at its 100% owned Rajapalot property in Northern Finland.

Cornish Tin, the Cornwall-based tin and lithium exploration and development company, has signed the Tin Code ESG sustainability standard for both of its two flagship projects in West Cornwall: the Great Wheal Vor Project and the Tregonning Project.

Sandvik has secured a significant underground mining equipment order from The Redpath Group for deployment at Evolution Mining’s Cowal Gold Operations in New South Wales, Australia.

Metso’s Direct Blister Furnace has been successfully started up at Kamoa Copper’s Kamoa Kakula copper smelter in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with the first copper anodes cast at the end of December.

A project to digitise geotechnical data for risk management at an Anglo American nickel mine in Brazil represents a ‘paradigm shift’ and sets new standards for innovation in the mining sector.

Geopolitical shifts, a rewired energy transition and cautious investment strategies will define the metals and mining sector in 2026 according to Wood Mackenzie.

Maaden has commissioned Metso to supply a gold processing plant for their Ar Rjum mine located in the Makkah Region, approximately 200 km northeast of Ta’if, Ar Rjum in Saudi-Arabia.

Sandvik will supply 16 surface drills with AutoMine® readiness for Vale Base Metals’ copper operations in Brazil.

Gruvaktiebolaget Viscaria has placed an order with Metso for the supply of two horizontal grinding mills for its newly reopened copper mine located in Kiruna, northern Sweden.

Metso saw record sales of stirred mills in 2025 as mining customers opted for energy-efficient grinding solutions.