How green champion Sweden could end up exporting its carbon sins
When a Swedish court ordered the country’s biggest cement maker to stop mining limestone by its huge factory on the windswept island of Gotland to prevent pollution, ecologists cheered.
In Argentina’s north, a ‘white gold’ rush for EV metal lithium gathers pace
In Argentina’s remote northern Salta province, the silence of the desert landscape is broken only by the hum of machinery pumping salt-water brine to extract lithium, a sign of accelerating efforts to ride the global electric vehicle boom.
Fortescue sets up new mining pact with Aboriginal group
Fortescue Metals Group (FMG.AX) has reached a deal with the Wintawari Guruma Aboriginal Corporation (WGAC) to oversee development of new mines at its Solomon Hub iron ore operations in Western Australia, the groups said in a statement.
BHP considers making COVID vaccinations mandatory at Australian sites
Global miner BHP Group (BHP.AX) is mulling whether to make vaccinations for COVID-19 mandatory at its workplaces in Australia as the country’s east battles ballooning virus cases.
Human rights claims are limiting China’s international investment!
China’s efforts to be seen as a responsible investor abroad are put at risk by high rates of human rights abuses associated with its business operations, particularly in the metals and mining sector, according to a report released on Wednesday. The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, a global nongovernmental organization (NGO), logged 679 charges […]
U.S. House bill would give tax credit for rare earth magnets
A Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation on Tuesday extending tax credits to companies that domestically produce rare earth magnets, a sector currently dominated by China.
EXCLUSIVE BHP delivers final offer to workers at Chile’s Escondida copper mine -memo
Labor contract negotiation at Chile’s Escondida mine, the world’s largest copper deposit, entered into a critical phase on Monday with the delivery of a final offer by operator BHP (BHP.AX), according to an internal memo sent by the company to workers and seen by Reuters.
U.S. judge rules Lithium Americas may excavate Nevada mine site
A U.S. federal judge has ruled that Lithium Americas Corp (LAC.TO) may conduct excavation work at its Thacker Pass lithium mine site in Nevada, denying a request from environmentalists who said the digging could harm sage grouse and other wildlife.
In push to supply Tesla, Piedmont Lithium irks North Carolina neighbors
In its quest to build one of the largest lithium mines in the United States, Piedmont Lithium Inc (PLL.O) has overlooked one crucial constituency: its North Carolina neighbors.
European shares fall on inflation, pandemic woes
European shares fell on Wednesday as worries about rising inflation and the Delta variant of the novel coronavirus hit economically sensitive sectors, even as technology stocks tracked an overnight surge in their U.S. peers.
