Etiket: metals
Soils contaminated with metals | Ottawa’s surveillance powers challenged
Defeated twice by Ottawa, the Englobe firm decided to attack the constitutionality of the Fertilizers Act rather than complying with current standards Posted at 1:49 a.m. Updated at 5:00 a.m.…
a third of the population is contaminated with heavy metals, for example in the mining village of Tintaya
“It’s fizzy, there’s this yellow color…it comes from the mine ponds. How do you expect the animals to know it’s polluted water? So they drink. And then they die.” In…
the European Court of Auditors warns of the risk of a shortage of metals
Four mega-factories for electric batteries are to be built in France, but raw materials, 80% of which come from non-European countries, could be lacking by 2030, according to a report…
Critical metals: Quebec puts $ 4.3 million more in a risky project
The Legault government is investing $4.3 million more in a critical metals extraction and processing project that has experienced significant financial difficulties in recent years. • Read also: Quebec wants…
Cadmium and lead | heavy metals in chocolate
Studies show that some dark chocolates contain a lot of cadmium and lead. Should we be worried? Posted at 12:00 a.m. An ounce Last December, the verdict was in: 23…
“China understood long before Europe that the battle for energy transition was going to be above all a battle for metals”, according to the CEO of the mining group Eramet
Christel Bories, CEO of Eramet, accompanies Emmanuel Macron for his African tour. At the head of the French mining group, she is worried about the grip of China on the…
“China understood long before Europe that the battle for energy transition was going to be above all a battle for metals”, according to the CEO of the mining group Eramet
Christel Bories, CEO of Eramet, accompanies Emmanuel Macron for his African tour. At the head of the French mining group, she is worried about the grip of China on the…
Simplify the steps of extracting coveted metals
This text is part of the special Research section Do you know where the rare earths are found in the periodic table? Professor at the Institute for Research in Mines…
Pollution of a river | $2.2 million fine for mining company Teck Metals
(Montreal) The Canadian mining company Teck Metals was sentenced Tuesday by a provincial court to a fine of 2.2 million dollars for having dumped chemicals in a river, announced the…
Ukraine: world stock markets plummet, oil and metals soar
PARIS | A possible Western embargo on Russian oil caused oil prices to soar again on Monday and caused the fall of stock markets which fear a slowdown in the…
Financial restructuring of BlackRock Metals | Interested buyers have 60 days to submit an offer
Superior Court judge Marie-Anne Paquette ruled in favor of the BlackRock Metals Shareholders’ Group by extending the period for soliciting offers to buy back the company from 30 to 60…
BlackRock Metals | A former CEO denounces Investissement Québec
A group of BlackRock Metals shareholders applied to the court to be able to intervene in the process of the financial restructuring of the company and thus avoid losing their…
Investissement Québec proposes to buy BlackRock Metals
The investor arm of the government has disbursed 52.5 million in the mining project previously Posted on January 4, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. André Dubuc Press Main secured creditors, the…
Precious metals | Investors are snapping up the money
Purchase premiums are abnormally high Posted on November 14, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. André Dubuc Press An ounce of pure silver sells for less than CAN $ 30 in cash…
The oceans, place of battle for rare metals, “the oil of the 21st century”
Posted the 10/21/2021 12:40 PM franceinfo Article written by Should we dig the seas to save the Earth? It is one of the big files of the last magazine “We…