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How a rising anti-mining movement is challenging Portugal’s ‘white gold’ rush

Throughout Portugal, people are organizing to stop a boom in lithium mining, as the government rushes to become Europe’s top supplier of the valuable...

Serbia is suffering an enormous damage from the uncontrolled exploitation of ores

Serbia is suffering enormous, and especially environmental, damage from the uncontrolled exploitation of mineral resources, and the State Audit Institution (SAI) recently pointed out...

Zijin copper mine in Serbia, environment impacts of Cukaru Peki

An Environmental Impact Assessment Study of a mining project at the Chukaru Peki site near Bor is under public discussion and public insight. This...

Local campaigners going from strength to strength against gold mining company

The communities in the foothills of the Sperrin Mountains in the north of Ireland are under threat from a multinational goldmining company Dalradian Gold...

People Power in Romania stopped a mining project – Now the corporation is suing for billions of dollars

Recently, a colorful group gathered outside a World Bank building in downtown Washington, D.C. to defend a community 5,000 miles away in Romania. Most...

Portugal’s Government Under Fire Over Controversial Lithium Contract

Portugal's government came under fire from lawmakers for signing a contract giving exploration rights for lithium mining to a three-day old firm, but the...

Russian steel giant MMK to spend $600 million on environmental projects

During the company’s Capital Markets Day in London, Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel PJSC, (MMK) Russia’s oldest steelmaker, told analysts, investors and press that its...

Zijin to invest 200 mln euro in revamping Serbia’s Bor copper mine/smelter

China's Zijin Mining Group plans to invest 200 million euro ($221 million) in revamping and expanding the current capacities of Serbian copper mining and smelting complex...

Mongolia’s new mining boom

Climate change and a mining boom are altering the lives and livelihoods of Mongolians. Tsedew Zagdbazar, 46, remembers the brutal winter of 2009-2010. That year,...
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