Industrial Metals News – Early August 2025
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The firm planning to reopen the world’s second-largest tungsten mine in the South West has said a new feasibility study confirms its ‘global critical minerals supply credentials’.
Plymouth-based Tungsten West has already raised nearly £30m to investigate restarting commercial operations at the Hemerdon, the world’s second-largest tungsten mine, in nearby Plympton.
Now, following an updated report into the mine, it will launch a new funding round to take the project to the next stage. https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/south-west/news/26311-feasibility-study-confirms-disused-tungsten-mine-contains-global-critical-minerals
