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Blog • Dec 28, 2021

Aidarken, A 10,000-Person Town

Using mercury in gold mining and electrical devices may cause significant health problems. Even though Kyrgyzstan is under international pressure to halt its exports, it is…

Blog • Dec 27, 2021

Metals Soon To Bypass Oil As Mining Assets Boom

The days of giant miners like BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, and Glencore Plc making significant investments in oil and gas while only making half-hearted divestments to…

Blog • Dec 23, 2021

Many dead, dozens more missing: Landslide Jade

Around 200 rescuers are assisting in the hunt for missing miners at the Hpakant site, with some using boats to look for fatalities in a nearby…

Blog • Dec 22, 2021

COP26 1.5-degree dream: Can metals and mining

Although opinions on the impact of COP26 varied, there is widespread agreement on one point: a lack of immediate, decisive action on carbon emissions will inexorably…

Blog • Dec 21, 2021

Rio Tinto Appoints Chairman: Outgoing Canadian

Rio Tinto (ASX, LON, NYSE: RIO) has appointed a seasoned management consultant and outgoing Canadian ambassador to China to lead its board of directors as the…

Blog • Dec 21, 2021

2022: What Does the Mining Sector Promise!

In 2021, the mining industry was hampered by supply chain interruptions and production halts caused by pandemics. The epidemic has cast doubt on global integration's inevitability…

Battery Metals • Dec 17, 2021

Massive Opposition: Serbia lithium mine to be

After a large-scale protest shakes the country's administration, local officials have put a $2.4 billion project on hold. Following protests by environmentalists that rattled the country's…

Blog • Dec 13, 2021

Anti-Rio Tinto demonstrators in Belgrade

Thousands of protestors in Belgrade and other Serbian cities have stopped significant highways and bridges for the last two weekends to oppose the proposed lithium mine,…

Blog • Dec 13, 2021

Multiple Investigations Have Led To No

When Beny Steinmetz, the Israeli millionaire, arrived at Athens airport on a private plane over two weeks ago, he was detained by Greek police and is…

Blog • Dec 6, 2021

Anti-Government Chants And Brandished Posters

A government-backed proposal to enable mining corporation Rio Tinto to extract lithium sparked mass protests in Serbia on Saturday. With anti-government shouts and posters criticizing the…