Tajikistan’s mining boom: Environmental costs and local anger over Chinese investments
In the remote Tajik village of Khumgaron, home to about 150 residents, the arrival of the Zarafshon gold mine, operated by a Chinese company, has...
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Massive landslide unfolds at Anagold Mining’s gold mine in Turkey
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced that nine workers were trapped. On the extent of the landslide, he said, “It is estimated that the total volume...
If the world is to move away from fossil fuels, we will need to extract far more rare minerals
We all know that we’re in the middle of a climate crisis: temperatures are rising, the weather is becoming more extreme, and this is having...
Zijin Mining: “We are the first in Serbia to apply the SA 8000 standard”
As stated, this standard regulates the absence of child and forced labor, occupational health and safety, freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining,...
Investments and environmental impact of mining in Bosnia
While activists claim that due to intensive mining operations in central Bosnia, citizens are already drinking cloudy water, investors claim that they are doing everything...
Serbia, The real plans of the Jadar project
Europe’s largest lithium mine The Jadar lithium project is Europe’s largest lithium mine, with a supposed $2.4 billion fund from Rio Tinto. The said lithium...
Europe, Can mining ever be green?
As France prepares to dig for lithium in its own backyard, part of the EU’s broader push to create strategic reserves of key raw materials...
Modern mining companies are now going to more zero emissions and green eco-responsible extraction technologies
Securing access to commodities is one of the top list items of industrialized countries’ agendas. With eco-sustainability issues and global changes, modern mining companies are...
Serbia, New energy and mining minister pushes Rio Tinto lithium project forward
Residents of this region and members of the Association Ne damo Jadar have been pointing out since the beginning of the year that “the end...
Lithium mines are not Serbia’s potential
The Alliance of Environmental Organizations of Serbia (SEOS), reacting to the statement of the Minister of Mining and Energy, Dubravka Đedović, that she will consider...