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Tungsten West cuts HGV movements after opposition

Tungsten West plc said it would reduce proposed HGV movements per day by a third following public opposition to aspects of its plans to restart Hemerdon tin-tungsten mine in Devon. ORIGINAL PLANS In July 2021, Tungsten West received permission for a temporary increase of up to 150 transport movements per day from the mine site […]

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Ascent JV initiates mediation process in Slovenia

Ascent Resources plc today said that it and its local joint venture (JV) partner, Geoenergo, had agreed to initiate the dispute resolution mechanism in their contract and initiated the mediation process in Slovenia. The company added that a Court of Appeal, High Court Ljubljana judge had now been appointed as the mediator between the joint […]

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UK opens first intelligence centre for critical minerals

The United Kingdom’s first centre designed to collect and analyse information on the supply of critical minerals opened today in Nottingham. CMIC The Government said that the Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre (CMIC) would improve the resilience of the county’s critical mineral supply chain by providing policymakers with “up-to-date data and analysis on supply, demand, and […]