#mining
#Brazil reaches a $23 billion settlement with #mining firms over a 2015 environmental #disaster
Source: apnews.com/article/brazil-mining-collapse-settlement-bhp-samarco-vale-mariana-8b84c808fa25139e019d7981a3b7de19
“The #Mariana #agreement signed this Friday in Brazil demonstrates that, after 9 years of negligence, the mining companies have finally decided to react to the pressure from public opinion and the #trial in #England, which began last Monday,” the #law firm said in a statement. “Even so, the amounts defined are far from covering the profound losses suffered by the victims, who continue to fight for #justice and full reparations.”
#news #environment #nature #economy #Problem #security #finance #politics
24.09.2024 Sicherheitspaket schleift Grundrechte
Anlasslose Kontrollen und Ausgrenzung "Fremder"
Das zur Zeit in der Abstimmung befindliche sogenannte "Sicherheitspaket" von Innenministerin Faeser kratzt erheblich an verschiedenen unserer Grundrechte. Nicht nur in der Asyldebatte bestimmt inzwischen die AfD die Parolen und alle laufen hinterher. Auch bei den Aufgaben der Polizei sieht es so aus: Wenn die AfD fordert, dass ausländisch aussehende Menschen auf Volksfesten und demnächst auch in die Einkaufsviertel der Innenstädte keinen Zutritt haben dürfen, dann macht das "Sicherheitspaket" der Ampel daraus: Menschen sollen künftig ohne Verdacht einfach so von der Polizei kontrolliert und durchsucht werden, z.B. um eventuelle Messer sicherzustellen.
Wer nicht kontrolliert werden will, muss zu Hause bleiben
Die Polizei, deren Aufgabe die Strafverfolgung sein sollte, wird zum Ersatzgeheimdienst, der mit Schleierfahndung präventiv tätig werden kann. Der Polizeibrief der Alliierten von 1948 genau gegen diese Vermischung der Aufgaben, der davor zu einer Gestapo geführt hatte, sollte uns mahnen so einen Weg nicht wieder zu gehen. Kurioserweise sind es gerade wieder Sozialdemokraten, die die Gefahr für die Demokratie nicht sehen wollen.
Aus bisher "beschränkten Gebieten", wie Grenzgebiete, Teile der Verkehrsinfrastruktur, wie Bahnhöfe oder besonders kriminalitätsbelastete Orte und begründete besondere Waffenverbotszonen, soll jetzt das ganze Land zur Spielwiese für Racial Profiling, Durchsuchungen in der Öffentlichkeit und andere Schikanen werden. Bestimmte Menschengruppen werden damit stigmatisiert und ausgegrenzt - genau das ist die Absicht der AfD.
Viele NGOs, darunter die Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte, Pro Asyl und 20 weitere haben in Stellungnahmen ihre Ablehnung zu den beiden Gesetzespaketen artikuliert. "Jede dieser Neuerungen hätte eine eigene Anhörung verdient", sagte die Juristin Sarah Lincoln von der Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF) gegenüber Netzpolitik.org.
Auch die Streichung von Sozialleistungen für bestimmte Flüchtlingsgruppen kann nur zur Obdachlosigkeit und Verelendung führen. Insgesamt werden durch die neuen Gesetze viele Grundrechte eingeschränkt, so dass - in einigen Jahren - das BVerfG diese Vorschriften wieder für nichtig erklären wird. Aber bis dahin werden viele Menschen Opfer, auch False Positives durch fehlerhafte Gesichtserkennung oder allein wegen ihres "ausländischen Aussehens". Alles dies spielt den neuen Nazis in die Hände ...
Mehr dazu bei https://netzpolitik.org/2024/anhoerung-im-innenausschuss-harte-kritik-am-ueberwachungspaket/
und https://netzpolitik.org/2024/ueberwachungspaket-ampel-will-anlasslose-personenkontrollen-und-durchsuchungen-fast-ueberall/
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#Airbnb host adds ‘no #crypto #mining’ rule after tenant installs 10 rigs
Source: https://protos.com/airbnb-host-adds-no-crypto-mining-rule-after-tenant-installs-10-rigs/
“It was cheaper for them to rent a house to pay for that electricity,”...
Who is actually still interested in these greasy parasites who want to keep their business model alive with a crowbar?
#business #electricity #cryptocurrency #fail #finance #Problem #btc #news
Sounds a lot like what I hear from native communities downstream of the Alberta oilsands
https://globalvoices.org/2024/07/06/uk-diamond-company-that-won-water-and-climate-awards-has-been-linked-to-water-pollution-in-lesotho/ #greenwashing #contamination #mining #Africa
One more bit of spring cleaning the 'puter...
From the swamps to a mountaintop. Or in it.
A Visit to a Silver Mine
Specifically, this was in Colorado, near Georgetown, with its now-for-tourism narrow-gauge railroad...
A silver mine, operating for many years here, with many of Cornish miners for a while, from whom the "dragon's blood" term came.
Two minutes long, a full-length feature for me!
I realize I have quite a collection (it was, literally, a "Collection" on Google+) of Colorado photos, mostly Denver, Georgetown, Garden of the Gods... Ah well, somewhere in G+ heaven (#GoogleIsEvil)
Good week! Starting off in the US with our Perfect Past Present King, I mean President, reporting to a probation officer. Sigh...
#ContextAndPersective #MyPhoto #MyVideo #Fenfotos #Silver #Mine #Mining #Geology #Colorado
#mining #austrailia #UK
30 May, 2024
AUSTRAILIA
Investments: Commodities
- Australia is a key global player for iron ore, lithium and zinc production. New research published by The Gold Bullion Company shows Australia is ranked the top producer in the world for iron ore and lithium, and third for zinc production.
- The UK-based gold trading firm researches several countries’ commodity wealth, focusing on 10 precious and industrial metals, including the amount of metals produced and how much reserves are yet to be mined, as well as how many years are left until those countries experience a critical shortage. https://mining.com.au/australia-a-key-global-player-for-iron-ore-lithium-and-zinc-production/
Apple, Alphabet, Dell, Microsoft, and Tesla "don't have to compensate victims of forced child labor that provided cobalt for the lithium-ion batteries used in many electronic devices, a US appeals court ruled."
"Purchasing an unspecified amount of cobalt through the global supply chain is not 'participation in a venture' within the meaning of the TVPRA [Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008]," the ruling said. "We therefore affirm the district court's dismissal of the complaint."
"Companies such as Glencore, Huayou, and Eurasian Resources Group obtain cobalt from subsidiaries in the Democratic Republic of the Congo."
Big Tech firms beat lawsuit from child laborers forced to work in cobalt mines
Europe’s thirst for lithium threatens livelihoods, biodiversity in Portugal
Open-pit mines are planned for Portugal's northern region, worrying locals who say their livelihoods are at risk.#Features #BusinessandEconomy #Environment #Mining #Europe #Portugal
Europe’s thirst for lithium threatens livelihoods, biodiversity in Portugal
Conflict-weary DR Congo votes on December 20: A guide to the election
As the mineral-rich DR Congo prepares to vote for a new president this December, opponents are already crying foul.#AfricanUnion #Elections #Mining #Africa #DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo
Conflict-weary DR Congo votes on December 20: A guide to the election
First survivor pulled out of Zambia landslide as rescue mission continues
The first survivor has been pulled out alive after last Friday's landslide in Zambia that flooded a copper mine.It trapped at least 25 people who were workin...#Chingola #CopperbeltProvince #Mining #Naturaldisaster #Seselimine #Zambia #Zambiacoppermines #Zambiacoppermining #Zambialandslide #Zambiamineaccident #Zambiamines #Zambiamining #aljazeera #aljazeeraenglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeravideo #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralatest #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews
First survivor pulled out of Zambia landslide as rescue mission continues
Panama celebrates court order to cancel mine even as business is hit
For weeks, Panama was shaken by its largest protest movement in decades as residents decried a mining contract.#Economy #Features #BusinessandEconomy #Independence #IndigenousRights #Mining #Unemployment #LatinAmerica #Panama
Panama celebrates court order to cancel mine even as business is hit
'Blood mineral' fuels conflict: Russia to build gold refinery in northern Mali
Mali's military government has reached a deal with Russia to build a gold refinery in the capital, Bamako.It comes as the army says it's regaining control of...#Bamako #Maligold #Maligoldmines #Maligoldmining #Maligoldrefinery #Malimilitarygovernment #Mining #Russia #RussiatobuildgoldrefineryinBamako #RussiatobuildgoldrefineryinnorthernMali #Tessalitregion #aljazeera #aljazeeraenglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeravideo #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralatest #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews #northernMali
'Blood mineral' fuels conflict: Russia to build gold refinery in northern Mali
What's Behind the Rising #Conflict in Eastern #DRC
Source: https://www.voanews.com/a/explainer-what-s-behind-the-rising-conflict-in-eastern-drc-/6690258.html
More than 100 armed groups operate in eastern DRC, an unsettled region where conflict has raged for decades but has escalated in recent months.
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Fueling the #insecurity is a complicated brew of geopolitics, ethnic and national rivalries, and competition for #control of eastern DRC's abundant natural #resources.
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"The DRC produces more than 70% of the world's #cobalt" and "holds 60% of the planet's #coltan reserves," the industry website #Mining #Technology reported in February, speculating that the DRC "could become the Saudi Arabia of the electric vehicle age."
#politics #crime #problem #war #terror #corruption #economy #finance #economy #capitalism #humanRights #environment #news #military #Africa
Two killed in #Panama #protest as anti-government tensions rise
The deaths come as street protests by thousands of Panamanians during the past weeks over a new mining contract signed with Canadian #mining firm First Quantum Minerals (FM.TO) spilled into wider discontent with the #government.
The atmosphere is now so heated that radical right-wingers are killing environmental activists.
#politics #crime #problem #future #news #ethics #humanity #climate #environment #nature
