Spain eyes boom in 'neglected' strategic mining sector

The government is launching a large prospecting plan which will run until 2029. The stakes are great to ensure the energy and technology transition of the Member States.

They find a unique treasure in Spain that puts China in check: billions of white gold. It dates back to 1817 when the Swedish chemist Johan August Arfwedson found an element that would shake the foundations of the world: the white gold of the 21st century. It is a very similar element to sodium and potassium in appearance chemical properties. This precious resource is used in industries such as pharmaceutical and metallurgical, but also in the t…

Spain eyes boom in 'neglected' strategic mining sector

Spain is aiming to tap its unexplored strategic mining resources as the European Union urgently seeks to ramp up production, but local resistance could frustrate the government's plans.

HUELVA, 21 (EUROPA PRESS) The Junta de Andalucía, through the Department of Industry, Energy and Mines, promotes the project that the company Materias Primas Secondaryes SA (Maprise) wants to develop in Tharsis (Huelva) of construction of a plant for the recovery of precious metals and concentrates of iron and that, recently, has been incorporated [...] La entrada The Junta de Andalucía supports the project of Maprise in Tharsis for the developm…

Elementos, Atlantic Copper form industrial test-work partnership for Spanish tin project

Elementos has signed an agreement with Atlantic Copper for the Oropesa tin project located in Cordoba Province, Spain.The post Elementos, Atlantic Copper form industrial test-work partnership for Spanish tin project appeared first on Mining Technology.

Both companies will study the feasibility of recovering tin from the lower-grade ore and waste from the Oropesa project, which would be Europe's largest tin mine. Córdoba is the province of Andalusia with the largest number of points