The newly optioned project of Raiden Resources lies in central Serbia, roughly 200 kilometres from the capital Belgrade. It’s divided into two parts, the northern area near Stanca and the southern area in Tolisnica. The last notable work was undertaken at the project in the 1970s when 4411 metres of drilling was undertaken by a […]

Rights to information, to safe drinking water and a healthy environment underpin Rio Tinto’s social licence to operate. Indeed, the company goes to great lengths to promote its social and environmental program and reassure shareholders it is a “responsible operator”. Rio Tinto’s destruction of the sacred site at Juukan Gorge in Australia brought global attention […]

In Greenland, there are currently around 70 large-scale exploration and exploitation licences. As a result, environmental organisations fear that opening up the floodgates to mining and oil and gas production in this way will damage the delicate ecosystems and exacerbate climate pressures in the autonomous territory. As rapidly increasing temperatures in the Arctic cause the […]

Up to 70% of Russia’s coal is mined in Kuzbass – an area in southwest Siberia and most of the coal produced there is shipped to Europe and Asia. Bringing together the official pollution, health, and mortality records released in the last 15 years, as well as local testimonies, expert conclusions, and media stories, Race to […]

In 2020, AzerGold CJSC, despite the difficulties aroused by the coronavirus pandemic, completely fulfilled the activity plan for 2020. Thanks to the export of gold and silver produced by AzerGold to the global market, the country’s economy received funds worth 186.5 million manat ($109,7 million). One of the significant steps in the activities of Azerbaijan’s […]

Elementos hopes to confirm near-surface mineralisation and the latest tin results have confirmed significant zones of mineralisation. Elementos has received assay results from four holes drilled at the Oropesa Tin Project in Spain. Late last year, Elementos began a 5000-metre diamond drilling program at the project which primarily aimed to upgrade the JORC mineral resource […]

Based on feedback from the Czech Ministry, Euro Manganese can now start the next stages of the permitting process of the Chvaletice manganese project. Euro Manganese says the Czech Ministry of Environment has completed a six-month screening of the company’s preliminary environmental impact assessment for the project. The project is intended to recycle waste from […]

As anticipated, Romania’s Mining Law from 2020 aims to overcome certain legal and economic issues, trying to give Romania’s mineral resources their deserved value. Since the Mining Law from 2003 entered into force on March 27, 2003, the economic and social environment in Romania has undergone a major evolution, marked by the increase of investments, […]

In Europe and the rest of the world tailing ponds are among the largest and most dangerous structures engineered by humanity, but their operation is virtually unknown to those who don’t live in their vicinity. 25 January 2019 had seemed like a normal enough day for the iron mine workers in Brumadinho, in Brazil’s Minas […]