Environmental costs of lithium mining
Lithium is a metal, and its physical and chemical properties make it versatile enough to be baked into lubricants, ceramics and other useful stuff, including...
Category : Base metals
Euro Manganese gets support from European EIT
EIT InnoEnergy a Knowledge and Innovation Community supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology will marshal its broad network and resources to accelerate...
Extractive industries’ continuous harming of the planet
The extraction of natural resources through mining and energy projects continues on a large scale, with disastrous environmental consequences. To understand how this is possible,...
Deficit of trust in Rio Tinto’s social and environment program
Rights to information, to safe drinking water and a healthy environment underpin Rio Tinto’s social licence to operate. Indeed, the company goes to great lengths...
Mining in Greenland environmental frontline of global warming
In Greenland, there are currently around 70 large-scale exploration and exploitation licences. As a result, environmental organisations fear that opening up the floodgates to mining...
Elementos’ Spanish tin project
Elementos hopes to confirm near-surface mineralisation and the latest tin results have confirmed significant zones of mineralisation. Elementos has received assay results from four holes...
Euro Manganese got to next permitting stage for its Czech project
Based on feedback from the Czech Ministry, Euro Manganese can now start the next stages of the permitting process of the Chvaletice manganese project. Euro...
Western Balkans has crucial EV battery ingredient – lithium
The interest in developing lithium deposits in the Western Balkans is part of a wider push to exploit the mineral across Europe. Demand for the...
Norwegian phosphate, vanadium and titanium raw materials discovery
A lucrative phosphate deposit in Norway caught the attention of local scientists. What sounded rather unspectacular at first has turned into one of Europe’s most...
Joint venture of Bluejay and Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto Mining & Exploration Ltd notified Bluejay Mining that all remaining conditions of the joint-venture were satisfied. Bluejay Mining PLC said it will kick...