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Full coverage: Mining

From Louth to Nuuk: The Irishman zeroing in on Greenland’s minerals

Donald Trump is threatening to seize Greenland and minerals explorers are watching closely. Philip Andrews is linked to a company with a licence to explore for minerals in Greenland.

Jonathan Keane
20th Jan, 2026 - 5 min read

Chinese mining giant Ganfeng is taking full control of Irish lithium project

Canada’s International Lithium Corp is selling off its stake in lithium prospecting sites in Wicklow and Carlow after Canadian authorities raised no objections to the deal.

Jonathan Keane
11th Apr, 2025 - 3 min read

London-listed mining firm pulls acquisition talks for Tynagh site in Galway

Europa Metals was tipped to build a recycling facility on the site to reclaim up to €1 billion worth of mining waste tailings but the firm has pulled the plug on the deal.

Jonathan Keane
18th Feb, 2025 - 2 min read

A Belfast mining tech firm’s AIM exit rouses fresh concerns about listings

The manoeuvrings of a small Belfast firm, in its exit from London’s AIM, has once again thrust the dreary state of public listings in Ireland and the UK into the spotlight.

Jonathan Keane
4th Feb, 2025 - 3 min read

Cathal Friel: “In my view, we need to take multiple shots at goal”

The veteran investor and corporate financier has helped create billions for investors in a litany of IPOs. This is how he thinks his new venture, called European Green Transition, can do it again.

Tom Lyons
22nd Mar, 2024 - 5 min read

“Society is going to have to realise that mining is required if we want to decarbonise” 

Backed by an experienced Irish team, European Green Metals is planning to float on AIM in London and possibly Sweden. It wants to secure new rare earth metal supply lines for Europe.

Tom Lyons
22nd Dec, 2023 - 5 min read

Locating Earth’s diamonds and the rare value of a sabbatical

Diamonds are from the deep Earth. So how do they get to the surface? It is a question that niggled at Irish scientist Dr Tom Gernon for two decades before he arrived at an answer that could be invaluable to the mining industry.

Rosanna Cooney
16th Aug, 2023 - 4 min read

Failure to sparkle: Inside Dermot Desmond’s Canadian diamond mine adventure

Dermot Desmond-backed Mountain Province pursued a dream to build one of the world's biggest diamond mines deep in the Canadian tundra. Once valued at €950m, Mountain Province is worth €52m and its bonds are trading at a discount to face value. Just what has happened? And what happens next?

Sean Keyes
16th Apr, 2020 - 7 min read
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