The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) national health and safety committee met on 4 August in Johannesburg to discuss the impact of the union’s health and safety campaigns and training programmes in the mining, energy,…
Four electronic chip firms in the northern region of Malaysia employing about 4,500 workers, have refused to talk about a new collective bargaining agreement, according to a union representative. A collective bargaining agreement inked in…
The demand for the raw materials in batteries has increased as sales of electric vehicles (EVs) continue to grow. While China dominates the lithium supply chain, Western nations sought to develop their own production. Australia, which…
Samsung workers in a smartphone plant in Vietnam say that the company has reduced its output as merchants and warehouses struggle with growing inventories due to a global decline in consumer spending. In an exclusive…
The U.S. Congress has passed the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 in July with the goal of bolstering American semiconductor supply chains and manufacturing, design and research, as well as the domestic economy and…
IndustriALL brought together industry experts in an online meeting to discuss and consolidate the strategy on battery supply chains. “We want to increase our leverage along the battery supply chain, which starts in the mines,…
Apple employees at a Maryland store made history as they voted to unionise. The group named their union The Coalition of Organized Retail Employees (CORE). A majority of store employees voted to join the International…
A new report by researchers from the NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (CPP), the Plurinational Observatory of Andean Salt Flats (OPSAL), and the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) highlights…
European battery and EV makers face nickel problems as tensions between Ukraine and Russia continue to disrupt the supply chain. While the partnership of mining giant Nornickel and German chemical company BASF continues to connect…