Focus on Minerals
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...
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...
Energy Department conditionally approves $2.26 billion loan for huge lithium mine in Nevada
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Energy Department has conditionally agreed to loan more than $2 billion to a company building a lithium...
Argentine court in key lithium region halts new permits over environmental concerns
By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – An Argentine court in the northwestern province of Catamarca has suspended the issuance of new mining...
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. Now mines threaten their water, culture and wealth
TUSAQUILLAS, Argentina (AP) — Irene Leonor Flores de Callata, 68, treks along a bone-dry riverbed, guiding a herd of llamas and sheep through...
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...
