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Tag: Mining

China beats Tesla to Nigeria’s lithium riches

24/02/2023 - Leave a Comment

Kaduna, a state in northwestern Nigeria, has selected China’s Ming Xin Mineral Separation Nig Ltd. (MXMS) to build the country’s first lithium-processing plant, with a plan to manufacture batteries for …

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The world needs lithium more than ever, and Latin America knows it

10/02/2023 - Leave a Comment

German chancellor Olaf Scholz flew to Latin America this week looking for one thing: lithium. Meeting with the leaders of Argentina, Chile, and Brazil — home to the so-called lithium triangle — …

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How gold mining in Brazil is connected to hundreds of deaths

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In mid-January, Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva accused the country’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, of facilitating genocide against the Indigenous Yanomami people, who live deep in the Amazon rainforest along the border …

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Tech industry braces for skyrocketing rare earth prices

16/09/2021 - Leave a Comment

TAIPEI — Electronic hardware manufacturers are sweating as prices for rare-earth metals surge amid soaring demand and simmering tensions between the U.S. and China, the world’s most important source of …

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Coal Mining and Indigenous Communities in India

29/07/2021 - Leave a Comment

Anti-mining protests by Adivasis, India’s indigenous communities, have in recent years drawn considerable attention. In many places across India’s mining tracts, Adivasis have been battling to protect their homes and local …

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New ‘Arctic paradox’ emerges as economy and ecology seek balance

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As the world pushes for stronger climate measures to stop the destruction of the Arctic, many countries are also keen to take advantage of the region’s new opportunities in shipping, …

New ‘Arctic paradox’ emerges as economy and ecology seek balance Read More

Appalachia’s Strip-Mined Mountains Face a Growing Climate Risk: Flooding

22/11/201902/10/2021 - Leave a Comment

VARNEY, West Virginia — Pigeon Creek flows through a narrow mountain hollow along a string of coal mining communities, its water trickling under the reds and yellows of the changing …

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The bull in China’s shop

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In this issue we are exploring the world of international organisations, values and globalisation. This is at a time when Trump is challenging all the norms, but maybe the norms …

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The space between us

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There’s iron in them-there hills: a composite image of the Moon indicating surface composition with blue showing titanium-rich areas, orange – lower titanium, and red indicating iron and titanium poor. …

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