FLS is advancing its vertical media regrind mills, with Global Product Line Manager Peter Wulff emphasising attrition-based grinding that delivers finer particle sizes at lower specific energy than conventional ball mills. The latest designs integrate high-efficiency drives and advanced process control to cut CO₂ emissions per tonne milled, targeting operations dealing with lower head grades and higher hardness ores. For plant designers, this points to smaller footprint regrind circuits, reduced steel media consumption and improved liberation for downstream flotation.

Finland’s Korsnäs rare earth project has returned its strongest intercept to date for European Resources, with 31.5 metres at 4,902 ppm TREO and an unusually high 28–30% NdPr content, making it particularly relevant for permanent magnet supply chains. Early mineralogical work points to monazite–apatite mineralisation, raising both processing opportunities and tighter residue controls due to potential thorium/uranium, while metallurgical test work with ANSTO is already under way to define separation routes. The op-ed argues Europe’s real bottleneck is not ore discovery but financing and permitting domestic processing and separation capacity to meet EU 2030 Critical Raw Materials Act targets of 10% extraction, 40% processing and 25% recycling.

Queensland is investing $500,000 to move women into higher‑skilled operator and technician roles in the state’s resources sector, targeting positions such as autonomous haul truck operators, process plant technicians and mine control room specialists. Funding will support accredited training and upskilling programmes aligned with existing operations in coal, critical minerals and gas fields across regional Queensland. For mine operators, the initiative signals potential access to a broader pool of trained candidates for control systems, high‑precision equipment and maintenance roles where skills shortages are persistent.