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News round-up in mining for climate tech #45

Might as well start numbering these mining news nuggets. In this one: US mines, activism in Ecuador, seabed mining, and *lodes* of reads.

May 11 •

EU's critical materials plans worry Nordic Indigenous

The Saami Council, representing the Sámi civil society in Nordic countries, has wrestled with mining for years. The energy transition is changing the…

May 4 •

March 2023

Brazil was left with a "climate bomb" in mining

Brazil is known for its iron and gold, and the new president must confront the legacy of years of deregulation and a mining boom that has put lives at…

Mar 30 •

EU's critical minerals, nickel labor, and EVs may not cut it for auto sector

Climate goes metal in this recap of news in mining to slash emissions – with new resources

Mar 9 •

February 2023

Phosphate is as much 'climate mineral' as lithium

It's crucial to agriculture and EV batteries, scarce and concentrated in a few countries, linked to pollution from cradle to grave – why the low…

Feb 9 •

January 2023

Green Rocks has a chat

A space to share mining stories and wrestle with climate action.

Jan 30 •

Brumadinho's legacy & How to deflate lithium

We may not need as much lithium as previously thought. Four years after the Brumadinho tailings disaster, industry proposes more industry solutions

Jan 26 •

2023: More minerals, more solutions

Deaths at an Indonesian smelter, Zimbabwe's lithium ban, BYD in Thailand

Jan 19 •

December 2022

The Road to Copper

In Peru, a mining corridor slices through communities

Dec 1, 2022 •

November 2022

How to make rocks carbon neutral

And mining news from COP27 and elsewhere

Nov 10, 2022 •

October 2022

When a 'critical metal' is only an afterthought

How does climate action plan to get materials that are only byproducts?

Oct 20, 2022 •

September 2022

How many mines does it take to...

Round-up of the mining news around the world that companies tie to climate efforts

Sep 15, 2022 •

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