Mining
Wagner mercenaries sustain losses in fight for Central African Republic gold
Russian fighters clash with rebels as Kremlin tries to extend power in mineral rich country
Zeinab Mohammed Salih in Khartoum and Jason Burke
02, Feb, 2023 @5:00 AM
Revealed: how US transition to electric cars threatens environmental havoc
By 2050 electric vehicles could require huge amounts of lithium for their batteries, causing damaging expansions of mining
Nina Lakhani Climate justice reporter
24, Jan, 2023 @8:30 AM
Jair Bolsonaro accused of acts of genocide against Amazonian group
Brazilian president says predecessor emboldened wildcat miners which led to wrecked forests and disease and death among Indigenous people
Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
22, Jan, 2023 @5:14 PM
Landmark deals give Indigenous key role in Canada resource projects
YQT community signs unprecedented agreement with coal company giving Indigenous leadership ‘veto’ on proposed project
Leyland Cecco in Toronto
22, Jan, 2023 @11:00 AM
Chile rejects $2.5bn iron and copper mine planned near penguin reserve
Dominga project included insufficient efforts to mitigate impact on reserves for dolphins, whales and penguins, committee says
John Bartlett in Santiago
18, Jan, 2023 @5:49 PM
New Cumbria coalmine likely to break UK’s climate pledge, analysis says
Whitehaven colliery will release about 17,500 tonnes of methane every year, estimates thinktank
Fiona Harvey Environment editor
17, Jan, 2023 @12:00 PM
Salvadoran environmental defenders detained for decades-old crimes
Activists worry the arrests are a move by the cash-strapped government to open the country to now banned metals mining
Nina Lakhani in Mexico City
14, Jan, 2023 @11:00 AM
Honduran environmental defenders shot dead in broad daylight
Aly Domínguez and Jairo Bonilla, co-founders of grassroots resistance group to iron ore mine in Guapinol, murdered in street
Nina Lakhani in Mexico City
11, Jan, 2023 @3:19 PM
Australian coal industry says China market matters less than before, even if import ban ends
Queensland Resources Council says industry would welcome restrictions easing but new long-term customers since found elsewhere in Asia
Peter Hannam Economics correspondent
05, Jan, 2023 @5:24 AM
Lost and found: the rediscovery that became ‘Leonardo DiCaprio’s frog’
The longnose harlequin frog, not seen since the 1980s, was found again in 2016 and has since become a symbol of defiance against mining plans in the Intag Valley
Graeme Green
29, Dec, 2022 @4:00 PM
Rio Tinto and partners could receive as much as $450m in government compensation for coal price cap
Queensland and the federal government will split compensation costs for the Gladstone plant, under the agreement struck at national cabinet
Amy Remeikis
28, Dec, 2022 @3:58 AM
Campaign against coal royalty increases could backfire, Queensland treasurer warns mining lobby
Exclusive: Cameron Dick urges resources council to stop risking coal’s social licence with ad campaign as royalty rise is here to stay
Ben Smee
22, Dec, 2022 @2:00 PM
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