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...
Category : Mining News
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...
Europe’s ‘first’ LFP gigafactory opens in Serbia
ElevenEs has opened a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) gigafactory in Serbia, which it claimed is the first in Europe. The facility in Subotica has opened...
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...
Chinese Companies Reportedly Halt Rare Earth Mining in Myanmar After Protests
Chinese companies mining rare earth minerals in Myanmar’s Kachin State have promised to halt activities after more than 1,000 local residents protested, acknowledging the environmental...
Norway proposes opening Germany-sized area of its continental shelf to deep-sea mining
Norway has proposed opening up a Germany-sized part of the Norwegian Sea to deep-sea mining. The area holds considerable quantities of minerals needed for renewable...
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...