22 January 2014

Euromines article in Mining Global Magazine - August 2014.

From Policy to Practice

• Editorial
• Greek Presidency Athens: The importance of the extractive industry for growth in the EU
• Bulgaria: Recognizing the importance of mineral resources
• Supplying much of Europe’s REE needs: Promising Swedish deposits
• From policy to practice? Tungsten in the UK
• Portuguese Best Practice in land planning and minerals policy
• From Policy to Practice The Austrian Minerals Strategy
• No Net Loss - Where to Next?
• Bringing nature back into the mine: Biodiversity conservation at S&B Milos and Fokis quarries, S&B Industrial Minerals S.A.

The presentation of Euromines President "An International Overview of Mining Politics" at CBI Living with Minerals 5 Conference in London on 17th November 2014.

European Projects in the Pipeline

• Editorial
• The Minerals4EU Project − The first pan-European network on raw materials management
• Building Opportunity: Growing Gold Mining in Greece
• LKAB develops Europe's biggest iron ore project
• Boliden expands its exploration portfolio
• Colt Resources helping to boost the country’s economic recovery

To improve national mineral policies or to develop new ones, especially in newer EU members like Poland (Assumptions for the Action Plan in the field of security of Polish non-energy raw materials has been approved by the Ministry of Economy in March 2015 )  the best practice guidance developed by a Commission/Member States expert group including interdisciplinary knowledge on economic, environmental, social and legal aspects can help the valuation of existing and potential mineral resources in EU. 

The presentation of Euromines President "Mining in Europe toward 2020" at EUMICON Conference "We design the future" in Linz, Austria, 5 - 6 May 2015

Mining Renaissance
European mining seemingly regaining lost lustre as at least one mine opens each year since 2008.

Article published in Mining Weekly in May 2015.

Euromines Annual Report 2014 is now available. The theme of this year’s Annual Report is  based  on Euromines Raw Materials Campaign and includes three main chapters covering the topics Euromines deals with throughout the year. The first part focuses on sustainable supply of raw materials, sector competitiveness and new European Industrial Policy. The second chapter highlights the human factor and focuses on mining employment, local communities, innovation and health and safety. The third part describes a number of achievements in the fields of environment and energy.

In his foreword, Euromines president Mr. Mark Rachovides states,  "Euromines strives very hard to inform and advance knowledge and debate on our industry to show its true role in Europe’s future." We believe this Annual Report will contribute to this.