Dec 21, 2021 | Alternatives to Green Extractivism, CAMPAIGNS, CASE STUDIES, COPPER
Since 2016, around seven million hectares of land in Ecuador has been sold by the government, under zero public scrutiny, to international mining companies keen to take advantage of the country’s promise of untapped reserves of copper and other base metals.
Dec 21, 2021 | Alternatives to Green Extractivism, CAMPAIGNS, CASE STUDIES, COPPER
Concerns have been raised by corporate watchdogs about the lack of regulation for Australian companies operating in Africa including the Central African Copper Belt
Dec 21, 2021 | Alternatives to Green Extractivism, CAMPAIGNS, CASE STUDIES, COPPER
A large ephemeral salt lake in central South Australia, of significance to the local Aboriginal groups, is under threat from mining.
Dec 20, 2021 | Alternatives to Green Extractivism, CAMPAIGNS, IN THE NEWS, Lithium
Local authorities in western Serbia have suspended a plan that would allow the mining company Rio Tinto to operate a lithium mine, after protests by environmentalists that shook the country’s populist leadership.
Dec 19, 2021 | Alternatives to Green Extractivism, CAMPAIGNS, IN THE NEWS, Lithium
Rio Tinto has suspended plans to build Europe’s largest lithium mine after sustained protests across the country in opposition to the project.
Dec 13, 2021 | Alternatives to Green Extractivism, CAMPAIGNS, Communiqué, IN THE NEWS, PUBLICATIONS, RESEARCH
Copper, according to Goldman Sachs, ‘is the new oil’ deemed most important for decarbonisation. Demand for the metal, used in large quantities in wind, solar, electric vehicles and energy infrastructure, is set to increase by 600% by 2030. Wealthy nations and companies associated with copper related products are by proportion the highest consumers of the metal, and so are generating most of the demand.