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E-waste from Bitcoin mining
Cryptocurrency mining has a large carbon footprint. The process requires a computer process that consumes a massive amount of electricity. Other than that, the mining system also requires the latest, fastest, most energy-efficiency computer chips…
Thousands protest demand the Government revoke commitment to Rio Tinto’s Lithium in Serbia
A rally in Belgrade organized by ecological groups demanded a ban on planned lithium mining in the Balkan countries. The protesters specifically demanded the government revoke their commitment to Rio Tinto. They expressed their discontent…
Chile indigenous group asks regulators to suspend lithium miner SQM’s permits
SANTIAGO, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Indigenous communities living around Chile’s Atacama salt flat have asked authorities to suspend lithium miner SQM’s (SQMA.SN) operating permits or sharply reduce its operations until it submits an environmental compliance plan acceptable…
Chinese Supreme Court has ruled that 996 work culture is illegal.
Chinese Supreme Court has ruled that 996 work culture is illegal. ‘996’ work culture is a practice where people work from 9 am to 9 pm, six days a week. According to China’s labor laws,…
Code-29 in Turkey
The government of Turkey banned companies from terminating employment contracts as a response to the covid-19 pandemic crisis. However, there is an exemption. Companies still have the right to terminate employment contracts based on “immoral,…
Chinese smart phone producer violates workers’ rights in Turkey
Management surrounded the factory with wire mesh to prevent any demonstrations. Workers are banned from using use their mobile phones, cutting off their communication with other workers. Although the Turkish constitution rules that “workers have…
After the Foxconn Suicides in China: A Roundtable on Labor, the State and Civil Society in Global Electronics
Eight researchers from Asia, Europe, North America have been seeking to tackle myriad problems of a global production system in which China is the world’s largest producer and exporter of consumer electronics products. Dying for…
The geopolitics of lithium in Afghanistan
Geologists estimated that Afghanistan holds nearly $1 trillion in mineral wealth, including iron, copper, lithium, cobalt, and rare earth such as lanthanum, cerium, and neodymium. This wealth was remained untouched for decades. Now that the…
Calls for e-waste law grow louder
PRESSURE group, Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR), has added its voice to growing calls on government to expedite the drafting and actualisation of the electronic waste (e-waste) policy saying the continued approach was posing…
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