Under the Presidency of Mark Rachovides , The European Association of Mining Industries , Metal Ores & Industrial Minerals ( Euromines ) is striving to lay to bed assertions of the past to encourage its members about the potential of the future .

Mining in Europe , and indeed across the world , has often come in for criticism but through a strong focus on external industry collaboration and internal optimism , the association is well on its way to changing industry standards and consequently , public perceptions .

Existing as a not-for-profit organisation in its current form since 1996 , Euromines represents more than 40 different metals and minerals , more than 100 companies and about 350,000 jobs across its member states , and

52 July 2014

Mining Magazine July 2014 | Page 52

“ We should be doing exploration and mining and processing and supplying to the people that need those raw materials ”

Under the Presidency of Mark Rachovides , The European Association of Mining Industries , Metal Ores & Industrial Minerals ( Euromines ) is striving to lay to bed assertions of the past to encourage its members about the potential of the future .