environment Archives | Mining South East Europe

Civil society groups urge the EBRD to rethink mining investments

Post Editor22/09/2023

22/09/2023

Twenty civil society organisations from Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Mongolia, Uganda, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, as well as seven international environmental and human...

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EU faces green paradox over electric vehicles and lithium mining

Post Editor22/09/2023

22/09/2023

The EU wants electric cars to drive it to net zero, powered by batteries produced in the bloc, but at what cost to people living...

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Anticipating lithium extraction in northern Portugal: A Sacrifice Zone in the making?

Post Editor22/09/2023

22/09/2023

Despite growing calls for a circular economy, extractive industries are gaining renewed relevance in Europe. The European Commission plans to expand domestic sourcing of lithium...

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Serbia: a regional e-mobility hub?

Post Editor19/09/202319/09/2023

19/09/202319/09/2023

Lithium is powering the green energy transition. Serbia can become a strategically important supplier of this key metal, opening the door to considerable economic value...

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ICMM publishes guidance to improve the mining and metals industry’s disclosure of Scope 3 emissions

Post Editor14/09/2023

14/09/2023

The ICMM have published Scope 3 Emissions Accounting and Reporting Guidance that aims to provide a standardised framework for mining and metals companies to calculate...

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Europe’s mining quest faces a hurdle: angry locals

Post Editor14/09/2023

14/09/2023

In Portugal’s northern Barroso region, Maria Loureiro weeps at the prospect of losing her family’s land to a mine that could become one of Europe’s...

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Bosnian Republic of Srpska mineral resources exploration projects show Europe still have untapped potentials

Post Editor13/09/202313/09/2023

13/09/202313/09/2023

The geological and mining industry is often described as one of the most important branches of human activity since the beginning of the first civilizations....

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Europe must unite to stop deep-sea resource grab

Post Editor09/09/2023

09/09/2023

The ban on deep-sea mining risks losing its traction—and Europe is divided on the issue. Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the...

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Vedanta ran “covert” lobbying campaign in India to weaken environment regulations

Post Editor09/09/2023

09/09/2023

London-based mining and oil giant Vedanta ran a “covert” lobbying campaign in India to weaken environmental regulations during the pandemic, according to a new report...

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Environmentalists fret over Portuguese green light for lithium mine

Post Editor09/09/2023

09/09/2023

The Romano lithium mine, proposed for Montalegre in Portugal’s northern district of Vila Real, has received a favourable conditional environmental impact statement from the Portuguese...