Social Responsibility - Mining Technology

ESG and rock breaking in mining: can the two go together?

elsie — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 14:10:32 +0000

Plasma can blast rock with significantly less pollution and noise so mining can fall in line with increasing environmental regulation.

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‘Guns for gold’: who is complicit in Sudan’s brutal war?

Alex Blair — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 14:06:41 +0000

Emirati, Turkish and Russian arms manufacturers are profiting from unprecedented displacement, starvation and conflict in Sudan.

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“Absolutely broken” promises for Lithium Triangle’s indigenous communities

Eve Thomas — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 09:43:19 +0000

The demand for lithium should have brought wealth to the indigenous communities of South America – but it is not.

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From pit to port: new issue of MINE Australia out now

Susanne Hauner — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 13:06:50 +0000

In this issue: ABB, AVEVA and Rockwell discuss full mine integration, cleaner fuels as a bridge to electrification, Australia at the forefront of the robotics revolution, and more.

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Dewatered tailings: a risk reduction solution for Australia miners?

Heidi Vella — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Dewatering mine tailings could significantly reduce the economic and reputational risks involved in managing tailings facilities.

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Mining volcanic brine: a new era of mining could be about to erupt

Eve Thomas — Thu, 16 May 2024 15:29:08 +0000

Bubbling below the earth's surface is a stash of metals essential to the energy transition. Reaching these resources means mining a volcano.

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Vale faces £3bn lawsuit in Netherlands over Mariana dam disaster

Annabel Cossins-Smith — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 17:16:13 +0000

Brazilian mining major Vale is facing new legal action in the Netherlands over the deadly 2015 Mariana dam disaster in Brazil.

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Guinea trade unions suspend national strike after union boss released

Annabel Cossins-Smith — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 16:51:50 +0000

Guinea’s trade unions have suspended a nationwide strike that had been ongoing since Monday and crippled the country’s mining sector.

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Q4 2023 update: social responsibility related private equity activity in the mining industry

kgi-admin — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 03:58:22 +0000

In the global mining industry, there were 3 private equity deals announced in Q4 2023, worth a total value of $986m, according to GlobalData's Deals Database.

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Killing for oil – the necessity of representation in climate action

Strategic Intelligence — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 16:09:04 +0000

What lessons for just climate action can be learned from the maltreatment of the Osage nation, as depicted in Killers of the Flower Moon?

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