Etiket: mining
UK supports moratorium on underwater mining
Welcome World Environment The exploitation of metals present in the deep ocean, which some consider necessary to fight climate change and move away from all-oil, poses a risk of irreversible…
More than 40 dead in Kazakhstan’s worst mining accident
(Karaganda) The explosion in an ArcelorMittal mine on Saturday in Kazakhstan cost the lives of 42 miners, according to a new report from rescuers on Sunday, making this mining accident…
Panama: protest grows against a new mining contract
Thousands of Panamanians marched again on Friday to demand the abrogation of a contract with the Canadian company First Quantum Minerals, which operates the largest copper mine in Central America…
will mining resources from asteroids soon be able to be exploited on Earth?
NASA is launching a probe on Thursday towards the asteroid Psyche, particularly rich in precious metals. Although the contribution to science promises to be enormous, the commercial attractiveness and legal…
Southern Quebec | The increase in mining claims concerns citizens
The number of mining claims continues to increase in the south of the province, according to the most recent report from the Coalition Québec Meilleur Mine. A situation that worries…
Anticipate risks for hydroelectric and mining infrastructure
This text is part of the special Research section: climate issues Climate change is undermining old simulation models of hydrometeorological hazards. A professor from the University of Quebec in Montreal…
mining extraction struggles to enrich local populations, in the Democratic Republic of Congo as in Bolivia
Every day, the correspondents’ club describes how the same news story is illustrated in several countries. Does the mineral wealth of producing countries finally benefit local populations? The exploitation of…
Democratic Republic of Congo | Amnesty denounces forced evictions on cobalt mining sites
(Kinshasa) Amnesty International accuses multinationals of having engaged in forced evictions, threats, acts of intimidation and deception against local populations at cobalt and copper extraction sites in the south-east of…
Opinion – A moratorium on deep-sea mining is essential
What if we could go back in time to prevent an environmentally destructive industrial project? What if we could prevent damage to communities, violations of their rights, loss of systems…
Lincoln Gold Mining determined to gain acceptance in Mauricie
Lincoln Gold Mining (LGM) is determined to go ahead with its project in the MRC du Maskinongé despite local resistance and promises to “minimize any potential impact on ecosystems”. In…
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 international seabed authority tries to prevent the exploitation of mining resources located more than 4,000 meters deep
A Canadian company wishes to apply for a permit to exploit mining resources at a depth of 4,000 meters. Meeting in Kingston, Jamaica, the international seabed authority will try to…
the international seabed authority tries to prevent the exploitation of mining resources located more than 4,000 meters deep
A Canadian company wishes to apply for a permit to exploit mining resources at a depth of 4,000 meters. Meeting in Kingston, Jamaica, the international seabed authority will try to…
International seabed soon to be open to mining?
Seabed mining is being considered by the United Nations (UN) body that regulates the world’s seabed. Indeed, the International Seabed Authority is set to resume negotiations that could open the…
Mining exploration | Two names to understand the James Bay rush
What is attracting Rio Tinto to James Bay to the point of committing to invest 65 million there in a handful of mining properties in the coming years? Corvette and…
Mexico and Canada collaborate amid mining dispute
(OTTAWA) The Trudeau government is taking a mixed approach to Mexico charting its own path to economic growth, as the desire for more trade and better labor rights clashes with…
environmental activists demonstrate against sand mining
They were 600 according to the prefecture of the department, 1,500 according to the organizers. Article written by Posted on 06/11/2023 1:51 p.m. Reading time : 1 min. A beach…
environmental activists demonstrate against sand mining
They were 600 according to the prefecture of the department, 1,500 according to the organizers. Das demonstrators marched, Sunday, June 11, south and north of Nantes, at the call of…
War in Ukraine | In Vougledar, the difficult survival in the ruins of a mining town
(Vougledar) Vougledar, a mining town in southeastern Ukraine seems to be completely deserted. But a simple honk of the horn from the chaplain Oleg Tkachenko brings out of the ruined…
Australia will create a gigantic marine park closed to fishing and mining
The project aims to triple the area of the Macquarie Island Marine Park, which would thus be comparable to that of Spain. Article written by Published on 04/06/2023 15:06 Update…