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UK Government Takes Stake in Miner After £71m Injection
The National Wealth Fund will support about 350 jobs and ringfence half the mine’s output for Britain.
- The National Wealth Fund is investing up to £71 million into Tungsten West's Hemerdon mine in Devon, acquiring a 7% equity stake for £36 million alongside £35 million in lending to restart production.
- With most global tungsten production sourced from China, the Government aims to secure domestic supplies for defence and aerospace after the Hemerdon site ceased operations in 2018.
- Supporting about 350 jobs, the agreement allows the Government to ringfence 50% of production for British use while the company targets full-scale production by 2027.
- Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds called the deal a "vote of confidence" in the critical minerals sector, while Chancellor John Healey said it bolsters Britain's defence and nuclear industries.
- This financing builds on the National Wealth Fund's January 2025 investment in Cornish Metals to reopen the South Crofty tin mine, advancing the Prime Minister's plan to "reindustrialise Britain.
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UK government takes stake in miner after £71m injection
The government’s National Wealth Fund is set to pump £71m into miner Tungsten West in a bid to help reopen the Hemerdon mine in Devon. The funding package combines a £36m share purchase, which will hand the government a 7.4 per cent stake in Tungsten and a seat on the board of directors, and a £25m loan facility. The project is expected to boost the local economy in the South West of England through the creation of 350 direct jobs. In addition t…
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