Roundtable Discussion; The Future of Mineral Sands. Watch the video here.
They did say this quarter they would know exactly where we are going.
https://www.cogeneurope.eu/knowledge-centre/what-is-cogeneration
Read the link above and below. LR did say there was a bigger picture working with EU
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/24/spain-paints-itself-as-the-answer-to-europes-russian-energy-problem.html
Just because it’s bank holiday here Spain is still working update exciting news??
Linked in!!
Yesterday we were hosted and received by Ignacio Sánchez, from @miteco together with Ana Díaz of Innovation of the @ICE in a meeting where we showed our interest in participating in an upcoming innovative project based in cogeneration of energy, within the CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency. Excellent organization of the event, and so productive exchange at the info day. JCyL motivating, supporting the industrial fabric of the community.
They did say end of May for results. RNS Monday after the bank holiday?
@ChrisP lots of battery tech coming…I’ve read lots about different batteries and speaking to an aerospace guy I know in the future your short haul flights upto 3 hours will be battery and long haul flights will be hydrogen and the idea at the moment is there is going to be a rotating cylinder with 8-12 canisters of hydrogen when one runs out it spins to the next pack. Quite scary but this is current ways they are thinking.
Zinc is on its way back up after heights of $4500 back to $3500 now at $3800
This article was produced years ago but very interesting
Sunlight used to smelt zinc
https://www.nature.com/articles/news050801-11
Spain certainly has the heat to do this.
I feel so ChrisP shame the drilling hadn’t started on time we would be looking at drill results by now. Always something that delays things for EUZ..
But finger crossed it’s RNS Monday if not I feel the 6th June will be a good update.
They also said they were mapping out what to do with Toral this quarter as you say could be a turning point this summer.
My only concern even with this positive news from Europe and mining fast tracking projects is this other project looming i know they said we were cashed up for 12 months but its never the case if another asset was bought and we’re now at my dreaded 6 months after capital raise.
So if another project is bought in Toral has to have some guaranteed finance backing.
@shed probably yes but interesting post from Air Institute
AIR Institute is part of the #SRURAL project, in which it participates together with CARTIF, #Cotesa, Cesefor, and MADISON Experience Marketing. The main objective of the initiative is to achieve the digital transformation of the society of Castilla y León.
The objectives of the project are being achieved as planned, as evidenced in the last monitoring meeting with the partners.
More ??
#project #digitaltransformation #society #CyL
Check out https://www.cartif.es/en/home/ lots of info there not sure about srural
https://srural.es/el-proyecto/objetivos/
If we start seeing profits from these projects aswell it’s a nice addition.
Looks like everything is following protocol here don’t be surprised to see a deal done soon. Look at the recent announcements Circular economy, waste all the ducks are aligning.
https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/eu-ramping-up-efforts-for-strategic-autonomy-in-raw-materials/
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/europa-metals-ltd_elbierzo-mastergygarm-proyectotoral-activity-6935859257410007040-OedN?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=ios_app
I wonder if the picture on that TV is the latest stuff back out the drill hole ….hmm
Todays update
Yesterday we were visited at our headquarters in #ElBierzo by a large group of students #MasterGyGARM of the Official Master's Degree in Geology and Environmental Management of Mineral Resources, from the Universidad de Huelva and Universidad Internacional de Andalucía. With the help of the director of the #ProyectoToral, Luis Javier Perez Rodriguez, our headquarters in Camponaraya became a classroom for 23 alumn@s and two teachers, Jose Miguel Nieto and Felipe González.
Thus, during the morning of yesterday we had the opportunity to share information about the extractive project of #zinc, #plata and #plomo in a didactic session of great mutual use.
Thanks to this group of futur@s geólog@s, it is a pleasure to receive you.
Our thanks extendable to Reinaldo Saez Ramos and Gabriel Ruiz de Almodóvar.
#geología #master #universidad #gestionambiental #plomo #plata #zinc #medioambiente #didactica #mineriadelsigloXXI #institucionesfuertes #ODS #geology #university #lead #silver #zinc #environmental #educational #21stcenturymining #stronginstitutions
https://comunicacion.jcyl.es/web/jcyl/Comunicacion/es/Plantilla100Detalle/1281372051501/NotaPrensa/1285173075243/Comunicacion?d=1
THE RESTORATION OF A THOUSAND HECTARES OF AREAS DEGRADED BY COAL IN EL BIERZO BEGINS WITH AN INVESTMENT OF €70 MILLION
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The actions, financed with European funds within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, will restore the Gran Corta de Fabero, Torre del Bierzo-Villagatón, and Casares and Ladil- Minas de Bierzo Alto in Igueña. Today the stakeout verification act has been signed by those responsible for the Board, Tragsa and Somacyl. The term of execution of the works is 36 months, with the commitment to create at least 180 jobs.
May 26, 2022
Castile and Leon | Territorial Delegation of León
Today those responsible for the Junta de Castilla y León, the company TRAGSA and the management of the works held by SOMACYL have met to sign the certificate of verification of the layout in the locations of the works for the environmental restoration of the areas affected by the energy transition within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, corresponding to three projects in degraded areas due to coal mining.
These actions, financed with European funds within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan with a global investment of 70.6 million euros, will restore the Gran Corta de Fabero, Torre del Bierzo-Villagatón, and Casares and Ladil- Minas de Bierzo Alto in Igueña, with an area to recover of more than 1,000 hectares.
The term of execution of the works will be 36 months, with the commitment to create at least 180 jobs, from among the mining surpluses, the unemployed and the population of the mining regions.
The work will be carried out by order of its own means by the Empresa de Transformación Agraria, SASME, MP (TRAGSA), while the management of the works has agreed to commission the Infrastructure and Environment Society of Castilla y León ( SOMACYL), which has appointed a Mining Engineer, a Health and Safety Coordinator, a Forest Technical Engineer and a Topographer, for control and decision-making.
The restoration will include the management of waste from the extractive industries and the protection and rehabilitation of the space affected by mining activities and establishes the commitment to create annual jobs for the works, with an indication of the contracts that are produced from mining surpluses (both direct and auxiliary companies) registered in the ITJ job bank, unemployed and population of the mining districts of León and Palencia.
The projects will be carried out with a direct grant from the Institute for the Just Transition to the Autonomous Community of Castilla y León of 67,925,929.77 euros, through the Recovery, Transform
I personally think nothing will be released until June 6th because of the 2 day bank holiday and jubilee weekend. End of may fast approaching but I can’t see an RNS on Monday unless todays meeting is very successful and something might be signed :)
EIT want important mining projects to be fast tracked
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bernd-schaefer-eitrawmaterials-ceo_rawmaterials-rmsummit-activity-6934528882603663360-_-vZ?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=ios_app
Todays update
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/europa-metals-ltd_3%C2%AA-jornada-t%C3%A9cnica-aminer-activity-6935187610071937024-AY-H?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=ios_app
Attending tomorrow the pannel on "Industrial and mining waste recovery" with top experts from leading mining projects. #toralproject #mining #wastemanagement #circular #restoration #aminer #tailings #environmental #excellence #bestpractices #greenmining #zinc #lead #silver #engineering #geology
EIT have said mining companies need to communicate their story better maybe EUZ should follow this LinkedIn post!!
Many interesting points and reflections made on the topic of Responsible Sourcing today at the RawMaterials Summit 2022.
“The mining industry needs to communicate its story better. Mining has changed! We are doing some very exciting things right now to transform our footprint. Earlier this month, we launched #hydrogen-powered mine haul truck at one of our South African mines, replacing its diesel alternative, which consumed around a million litres of diesel a year. This is a huge achievement! We need to bring stakeholders along to make them feel part of this exciting journey as well,” said Katie Ryall, Principal for Corporate Relations & Sustainable Impact at Anglo American.
Katie Ryall was joined by Tobias Kind-Rieper, Global Lead Mining & Metals at WWF, Anders Sand, Research Manager at Boliden, Finn Tore Sylte, Director of the Board at Rare Earths Norway AS, Mark Rachovides, President of Euromines - European Association of Mining Industries, Metal Ores & Industrial Minerals, Slavko Solar, Economic Affairs Officer, Sustainable Energy Division at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. #RMSummit
#responsblesourcing #futureofmining #EUindustry #greeneconomy European Raw Materials Alliance (ERMA)
Potential finance from this??
https://www.interregeurope.eu/sites/default/files/2022-01/Interreg_Europe__Programme_manual.pdf
Who should be involved? The key role of ‘organisations responsible for policy’
As a general rule, the partnership should contribute to an efficient implementation of the project and
reflect its objectives.
Since Interreg Europe is a thematic programme, partners must first demonstrate their competence and
experience in the issue addressed by the project (e.g. innovation, economic development, low-carbon
economy, environment). This is important because the partners are the primary source of
experiences and knowledge exchanged within the project. This is also the reason why the
composition of the partnership is a key success factor for the implementation of the project. Partner
regions should be selected on the basis of the thematic issue addressed by the project and on their
capacity to contribute to but also benefit from the cooperation. The rationale behind the choice of the
partners should in principle be clear from the description provided in section B.2 (‘Policy instrument and
territorial context’) of the application form.
Organisations responsible for policies are the main target group of the programme. These policymakers
can be national, regional and local authorities as well as other organisations in charge of defining and
implementing regional policy instruments. The participation of these competent authorities contributes
to maximising the impact of the project on regional and local policies across the EU. The involvement
of authorities responsible for the policy instruments addressed by the project is therefore a prerequisite. If they cannot be directly involved, a letter of support from these relevant authorities must be
submitted with the expectation that they will participate in the regional stakeholder groups. It should be
noted that, for Structural Funds programmes in certain countries, the direct participation of the
Managing Authorities / Intermediate Bodies may be more difficult due to their particular role and task.
Project applicants should refer to the ‘In Your Country’ page on the programme website for more
information
Projects financed under Interreg Europe need to explain the innovative character of their expected
results. It is clear that this notion of ‘innovative character’ is relative: what is common practice for large
public authorities or in a certain European context may be very innovative for smaller public authorities
or in another type of context (and vice versa). The particular focus of Interreg Europe on improving
2014-2020 Structural Funds should also contribute to demonstrating this innovative character.
Nevertheless, it is recommended that, before developing a project idea, applicants check, on the
different programmes’ websites, the kind of interregional cooperation projects that were already
financed (http://www.interreg4c.eu) or that are currently supported (http://www.interregeurope.eu).
Ideally, they should make sure that their own project and its expected achievements will be of addedvalue compared to these past or existing initiatives.
The issue of a project’s added-value is particularly important for follow-up projects (i.e. partnerships that
were supported under previous EU programmes such as European Territorial Cooperation
programmes). These projects need to clearly demonstrate how they will go beyond their past
cooperation. This added-value can particularly be reflected in the following project features:
? the proposed partnership,
? the topic tackled,
? the focus on Structural Funds programmes.
4.3.4 Durability of the project’s results
One of the basic requirements of any public funded project is to demonstrate at the application stage
that the lessons learnt from the project will not be lost at the end of the funding period.
The approach of Interreg Europe is innovative in this regard due to its phase 2, which has been
introduced for all projects. This phase will allow for better insight into the way the lessons learnt from
the cooperation are implemented in the different partner areas.
The way applicants envisage how the project will influence regional policy instruments has to be
explained at the application stage. In particular, if the expected improvement of policies requires
dedicated funding, applicants should clarify how they will ensure such funding will be made available.
In Interreg Europe, the expected results of projects are by essence durable since they relate to the
integration of the lesson learnt from the project into the relevant policy instruments of the participating
regions. The project’s contribution to the work of the Platform can also contribute to the durability of the
project’s results.
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4.4. Partnership
4.4.1 Partnership composition
Who should be involved? The key role of ‘organisations responsible for policy’
As a general rule, the partnership should contribute to an efficient implementation of the project and
reflect its objectives.
This is what is supposed to happen and what LR was going on about
https://www.cartif.es/en/inbec-en/
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/europa-metals-ltd_proyecto-inbec-de-bio-econom%C3%ADa-circular-activity-6934786612413272064-_xLN?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=ios_app
Europa Metals has completed the period of tutoring of Circular Bioeconomy awarded by the ICE. Thanks to the team of professionals of Auren for the accompaniment and advice during these last three months of intense work. Promoted and awarded by the Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurship of the Institute for Business Competitiveness of Castilla y León (ICE) and financed by #feder. Being part of the INBEC network, INTERREG, with partners such as Universidad de Salamanca, IPN, FPNCYL, or the FPNCYL Fundación Patrimonio Natural de CyL makes our mining project an exemplary model of innovation in the management of sterile and the restoration of spaces.
https://inbec.org/
Nice to EUZ have finally posted news on linked in about Sheds post. I think we need new management ASAP
Would that be the geo thermal they are talking about
Added activities / different permits??
Is that what this conference in June is about?