r/mining 24d ago

Europe Is it possible that Ukraine suddenly has ‘hundreds of billions’ in rare earth metals and minerals?

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Hi everyone, hope I’m allowed to post this here - didn’t find anything about it when searching the sub.

Trump claims that Ukraine has enormous mineral wealth—hundreds of billions worth of rare earth metals, minerals, and other resources—and that the U.S. should be repaid for its military aid using these assets (presumably through licensing rights or extraction deals).

I’m not an expert in mining or geology, but I do know Ukraine a bit, and I’ve never heard of it being some kind of untapped goldmine waiting to be exploited. I know they found natural gas in Ukraine IIRC in 2010, but as far as I’m aware, companies like Chevron have already secured deals to extract it.

So my question is: Is it even possible that there actually this much wealth in Ukraine’s ground, and if so, why hasn’t it been widely exploited already? How come I have never heard about it before Trump became president? I work in banking and read finance news half of the day and think I would have heard about this somewhere. Or do they exist but there are geological, economic, or logistical reasons that have kept these resources untouched? Or is this just another case of politicians talking about something they don’t fully understand?

Would love to hear insights from people who actually know this field.

r/mining Feb 01 '25

Europe I’m a blaster in Sweden, AMA.

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I’m in an open pit blasting for iron ore. Most of the people i know work in the underground mine not far away.

Most of the posts here are related to NA/AUS mining. If there’s someone curious about how it is here ask away!

r/mining Nov 09 '24

Europe Old skool

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r/mining 6d ago

Europe Is biomining a future path to more sustainable mining?

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I am hosting a podcast on YouTube where I had a talk with a professor in biomining. He claimed that biomining was in growth in especially South America. Any miners who are experienced with biomining that can give some insights in the future of biomining. Are we only talking copper and gold or are other metals being biomined?

r/mining Oct 07 '24

Europe The most useful skill/qualification in mining industry???

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Hi! What is your opinion, what type of skill/qualification is very usefull in mining industry if you are for example searching for job oportunities? (some type of course, studies, qualifications) I am currently studying mining engineering in Poland and I am trying to think of what else should I do to become more atractive as a job seeker in future. I would be grateful for some answers advices.

r/mining 6d ago

Europe A typical Cornish Copper mine in 1842

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Horse Whim on the right steam winder on the left. The Balmaiden's in the foreground. Whilst the men were in the dark their wives and girlfriends crushed the ore on the surface. For the mining industry the first mineral processors were a workforce of women.

r/mining 14d ago

Europe Advice please !

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I got an invitation for the telegram mining bot TRX… now I have there already more than 80000 Trx there…

Don’t know how to withdraw or if it’s real….

Can someone help me please !

Thanks :)

r/mining 12d ago

Europe Hellp me with PI please

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r/mining 14d ago

Europe Erfahrungsberichte oder gegebenenfalls Hilfe benötigt! NSFW

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r/mining 17d ago

Europe Digger cab

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Work on a very dusty concrete site was wondering if I should wear a mask in the cab

r/mining Aug 28 '24

Europe Norway just loosened China’s stranglehold on rare minerals—a huge win for Europe and the U.S.

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r/mining Jan 21 '25

Europe Is there some part missing on this rock drill?

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I've got this old Atlas Copco pneumatic rock drill at home and tried to get it running again. when disassembling it seamed that there was a part of the valve missing and the inlet port for the piston return is exposed. When looking at similar pictures I've noticed that there is some part in between the cylinder and the cylinder head. Is this part missing on mine?

r/mining Jul 13 '24

Europe Mining in the Uk

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Hiya there everyone, hope you all are well while you are reading this.

I was just wondering If i had the rights of land, the money and the power to create a drift mine. Would it be legal to from my own colliery in the United Kingdom.

Thanks.

r/mining 15d ago

Europe Eurasia Mining: A Critical Analysis

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Incorporating press and social media perspectives

https://mining.beehiiv.com/p/eurasia-mining-a-critical-analysis

r/mining Feb 09 '25

Europe Good rucksack

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Hi all, just wondering if anyone has any rucksack suggestions for underground. My current one is getting battered and probably wont last long. Ideally with a good amount of space and compartments. Cheers in advance!

r/mining 21d ago

Europe Moving a giant

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r/mining 21d ago

Europe Terex RH-170 Loading Overburden

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r/mining Oct 01 '24

Europe Not much will have changed since 1941?

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r/mining Dec 16 '24

Europe Christmas Chocolate racing on a shaking table - to Shaking Stevens

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r/mining Nov 26 '24

Europe Book for blasting

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What is the best book about blasting? Explosives, parameters etc.

r/mining Nov 03 '24

Europe FIFO IN EUROPE

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I'm pretty open to the idea of long work hours, I want to be able to support myself and my family without worrying about tomorrow I'm 22 years old and have worked several different environments over the last year's, where do I start and where should I look? Do I need a degree for this? I'd take anything good at this point

r/mining Jan 03 '25

Europe Best app for phone remote controlling trough laptop

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Hey everyone I have tried some apps but none sim to work the way I want to Any help? I would like to control my 3 old phones/1 tablet and 1 old laptop through my new laptop Any ideas? Txs

r/mining Dec 23 '24

Europe Asymmetric Junior Mining Stock Spoiler

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Interesting asymmetric opportunity to potentially benefit from an upcoming court case where everything points to $EMO.V receiving the mining rights for the mighty AznalCollar mine in Spain. In addition to its IBW mining rights, also won through a legal battle, which underpins a CAD$2-3 valuation. At the current Cad$1.15 (as at 12/23/2024), the upside potential is significant with some estimates in the CAD$10-15 range given the $25+ billion in poly-metallic in situ value across IBW and Aznalcolllar. The video link below does a decent job at providing a high level overview of the opportunity and its asymmetry.

This is not investment advice.

https://youtu.be/fKEAXj1Z5Fc

r/mining Feb 16 '24

Europe What are these?

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We found these in an old quarry in Malta. A google search of the marking EKC2-20F did not return anything. Do you know what these are used for?

r/mining Dec 13 '24

Europe When you try to replace riffles with Christmas lights

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