#mining
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
South African ‘hostage’ miners emerge from underground amid union dispute
South African ‘hostage’ miners emerge from underground amid union dispute#LabourRights #Mining #WorkersRights #Africa #SouthAfrica
South African ‘hostage’ miners emerge from underground amid union dispute
Grief in Zimbabwe over missing miners as government halts rescue mission
The abandonment of the rescue mission by the Zimbabwe government has angered grieving relatives of the missing miners.#Features #Mining #Africa #Zimbabwe
Grief in Zimbabwe over missing miners as government halts rescue mission
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/cargill-amazon-destruction
Cargill, Cease Your Destruction!
BEKA SAW MUNDURUKU
Oct 12, 2023
..."We have lived here in the heart of the #Amazon for over 4,000 years. But now our world hangs by a thread.
Modern science tells us that our #forests stabilize the #climate and shape the weather. My people have always known this. Science tells us the Amazon is nearing a tipping point, a point of no return. My people already see and suffer from these changes.
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There is illegal #mining, there is illegal #logging. There is the theft of our land and our trees and the damming of rivers. There is the murder of those who defend the land and the brutal intimidation of our leaders. And all of these problems grow because companies like #Cargill covet our land and subject it to so-called #development.
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The Ferrogrão is a 1,000-kilometer railway that Cargill wishes to cut through our lands to transport soy. Soy produced from the destruction of the Cerrado—a critical ecosystem south of the Amazon.
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This railway will destroy 2,000 square kilometers of the Amazon forests we live in, including Munduruku lands that are currently federally protected #Indigenous Territory. It will open our lands to more land grabbers and illegal miners and loggers that already invade and burn our lands and murder our people.
The Brazilian Supreme Court has ruled that the Ferrogrão is illegal, but economic interests like Cargill want to change the laws to allow for construction.
Cargill has said that anyone who opposes the Ferrogrão is “irresponsible.” We are fighting for our lives. For our land. For our cultures. For our children and grandchildren. This is not irresponsible.
What is irresponsible is for your company to make promises to end deforestation while continuing to expand into our territories and giving license to others to do the same.
You have the power to stop this."...
India’s JSW Steel slows stake buy in Canada firm on diplomatic spat: Report
Discussions between India's JSW Steel and Canada's Teck over the latter's stake sale had slowed down, Reuters reported.#Economy #BusinessandEconomy #FinancialMarkets #InternationalTrade #Mining #Politics #Canada #US&Canada
India’s JSW Steel slows stake buy in Canada firm on diplomatic spat: Report
Gold and mercury, not books, for Venezuela’s child miners
Around 1,000 children work in illegal gold mining in Venezuela, a booming industry in the resource-rich country.#Features #Gallery #ChildRights #Mining #PovertyandDevelopment #LatinAmerica #Venezuela
Gold and mercury, not books, for Venezuela’s child miners
Polluting the Grand Canyon for 'Clean Energy'
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/05/30/polluting-the-grand-canyon-for-clean-energy/
#grandcanyon #pollution #environment #clean-energy #uranium #us #mining #energy-fuels #tribal #lands #water
Mother #earth
#Mining #Lithium Violates #Indigenous Rights
https://odysee.com/@polytrichum:8/Mining-Lithium-Violates-Indigenous-Rights:1
https://www.protectthackerpass.org/protect-thacker-pass-campaign-timeline/
https://nodealfornature.substack.com/
#Native #capitalism #environment #wrongkindofgreen #nodealfornature #nature
