Ormonde Mining has said it will publish a feasibility study for the mining of tungsten in Barruecopardo, Spain, later this month.

This final feasibility study will kick start the last leg of the process to put Barruecopardo into production. It will be the largest tungsten project in Europe and will allow the company to increase its portfolio in Spain.

While it was expected at the end of 2011, the use of third parties to collate many of the composite elements of the feasibility study has delayed its release.

Current plans are to put Barruecopardo into production by the middle of next year.