Focus on Critical Minerals
In Canada’s Quebec, residents miffed over mining boom
Canada’s Quebec province is rich with minerals needed for everything from electric cars to cell phones, but residents living atop the potential windfall...
Rights court condemns Peru over one of world’s most polluted towns
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights said Friday that Peru had violated residents’ “right to live in a healthy environment” in an Andean...
B.C. funds project to extract minerals, metals while reducing environmental impacts
VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government is funding a pilot project that it says offers the mining industry a path to significantly reduce...
Rising scourge of e-waste a ‘catastrophe’ for environment: UN
The world threw away a record amount of smartphones, televisions and other electrical devices in 2022, the UN said Wednesday, warning this avalanche...
Bosnia’s lithium discovery raises hopes and fears
In northeast Bosnia’s rolling hills, the local community is torn between fears of environmental ruin and hopes of riches from huge deposits of...
Native groups sit on a treasure trove of lithium, but mines threaten water, culture and wealth
TUSAQUILLAS, Argentina — Irene Leonor Flores de Callata, 68, treks along a bone-dry riverbed, guiding a herd of llamas and sheep through stretching...
Teck Resources mulls British Columbia battery recycling plant
WASHINGTON – Copper and zinc miner Teck Resources is considering building a lithium-ion battery recycling facility in British Columbia, CEO Jonathan Price said...
African Development Bank chief criticizes opaque loans tied to Africa’s natural resources
Lagos, NIGERIA — The head of the African Development Bank is calling for an end to loans given in exchange for the continent’s...
UK Government failing to grasp scale of ‘e-waste tsunami’ – MPs
The Government is failing to fully grasp the “tsunami” of electronic waste in the UK, MPs have warned. The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC)...
Montana Supreme Court rules in favor of major copper mine
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Stalled work on a major copper mine proposed in central Montana can proceed after the state’s Supreme Court ruled...
