Towards prevention of trade in conflict minerals and promotion of trade in clean minerals from Congo.
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Collecting 200.000 signatures by October 2022, this is the goal of the ongoing campaign “Quito sin mineria”. The campaign was launched in March 2022 by a group of organisations, collectives and people from the towns…
The European Environmental Bureau, Friends of the Earth Europe, the Institute for European Environmental Policy, and the European Youth Forum are organising an interactive hybrid workshop to co-create an ambitious agenda for resource justice. The…
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,…
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…
Civil society organisations from across Europe gathered in Brussels on 5 May 2022 to discuss improved coordination on EU policies related to the sourcing of raw materials for batteries and electronics. Participants included several GoodElectronics…
Many governments hope to use mining to boost post-COVID-19 growth and engage in the mineral-intensive ‘green energy’ transition. But they risk repeating the same mistakes at the root of many mining conflicts, according to a…
The government of Chile is suing mines operated by BHP, Albemarle, and Antofagasta (LON: ANTO) over alleged environmental damage caused in the northern Salar de Atacama salt flats. The case highlights the deterioration of the Monturaqui-Negrillar-Tilopozo…
On January 20, civil society, unions, lawmakers, opposition parties and others came together in the Chilean capital Santiago to demand sustainable lithium policies. IndustriALL affiliate Industrial Chile Constramet is actively mobilizing to ensure that lithium,…
A research published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health studies the musculoskeletal disorder symptoms among workers in electronic waste recycling site in Ghana. Ghana is one of the biggest destinations of…
How the electric vehicle boom is draining communities and the planet The transport sector accounted for roughly a quarter of global CO2 emissions in 2019, with over 70 per cent coming from road transport. It…