Zijin copper mine in Serbia and environment issues
The Chinese mining company Zijin (Zijin Mining) states in its sustainability reports that it has succeeded in reducing air pollution in Bor, where it owns...
Category : Base metals
Cobalt Market Update: Q1 2023 in Review
Cobalt supply remains higher than demand, leaving prices under pressure. Find out what other dynamics moved the market in the first quarter of 2023. Battery...
Sharper safeguards and global thinking needed to make critical metals law work
The draft Critical Raw Materials act strikes a good balance between environmental and social safeguards, and the need for a quick ramp-up of critical metals...
Tara Resources, Three possible scenarios for the location of the zinc Brskovo mine, total annual revenue projected up to EUR 120 million
The Brskovo mine started operating in 1966. From the start until the end of production in 1991, ore was mined in the “Žuta prla” and...
Glencore’s production of copper, zinc, nickel, silver and coal declined in Q1 2023
Glencore announced yesterday that in Q1 2023, its own sourced copper production was 244,100 tonnes, 5% lower than Q1 2022, largely due to planned lower...
New risk briefing on Rio Tinto’s planned lithium mine in Serbia
A new Finance Risk Briefing outlines the risks facing Rio Tinto’s plans to proceed with the proposed Jadar lithium mine in Serbia, in the face...
Does the potential for corruption in the mining sector threaten a just energy transition?
Low-carbon technologies rely heavily on minerals, which puts increased demand on the mining sector and makes it more susceptible to corruption, especially in relation to...
Cobalt Mining: The Dark Side of the Renewable Energy Transition
Cobalt is quickly becoming the defining example of the mineral conundrum at the heart of the renewable energy transition. As a key component of battery...
Does Our Sustainable Future Start in the Mine?
Rare earth elements have reemerged in the news as U.S. anxieties over economic interdependence with China grow. New revelations about social and environmental violence in...
Europe continues to buy products from Russia’s dirtiest companies
With the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Union has begun to reduce trade relations with Russia by banning or restricting the...