After five years of research, the Bor Institute for Mining and Metallurgy (IMM) and Japan’s Akita University have come up with fantastic data. Specifically, by surveying 10,000 square kilometers, for which two Japanese Space Agency satellites were used, they found out that there was so much mining waste between Bor, Majdanpek, Danube and Timok from […]

A short supply chain “will make it possible for us to trace our materials” and ensure they come from responsible sources, said a senior executive at Northvolt, the Swedish startup aiming to supply Europe with green electric batteries. “We need to be very cautious about the choices we are making today,” said Emma Nehrenheim, Chief […]

Engineers dealing with infrastructure development are well used to their projects facing intense scrutiny via the planning system and projects usually face vigorous opposition, often leading to further examination in the judicial system   An ‘oppose everything’ society?   The eastern region water supply, north Dublin’s Wastewater plant, numerous wind farms and road projects all […]

The European Green Deal does not just aim at combating the climate crisis. It’s also an opportunity for social change.   Global temperatures are set to rise by a catastrophic 3C by the end of the century unless we take major action. The next ten years in particular are crucial. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate […]

Protests from the indigenous Sami people, local fishermen and environmental groups were turned down by the government.   “Allowing this to happen with a protected national salmon fjord doesn’t make sense at all,” said Silje Lundberg, head of Naturvernforbundet. The organisation is the Norwegian branch of Friends of the Earth. Lundberg said the planned dumping […]

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 environment minister said this won’t stop mining of the metal. During a heated parliamentary hearing, lawmakers from left to right voiced concerns about the legality of the contract signed in March […]

Climate activists protested at open-pit coal mines in eastern Germany, pouring onto the premises to urge the government to immediately halt the use of coal to produce electricity. The news agency dpa reported that police estimated more than 2,000 people took part Saturday at sites near Cottbus and Leipzig and that some of the demonstrators […]

Lundin Mining Corp. said it anticipates strong growth in its metal production. The company said copper production is expected to rise by over 20% in 2020 compare to 2019, with full year contributions from the Chapada copper-gold mine in Brazil and Candelaria mining complex in Chile. The company said zinc production is forecast to increase by […]

Finnish authorities are unable to sufficiently supervise the operations of mines. Helsingin Sanomat on Saturday revealed that permit authorities are currently struggling to verify the information presented in permit applications, whereas supervisory authorities only take the necessary samples in special circumstances. “If we think about extremely large projects by industrial companies, I doubt any permit authority in Finland […]