Social Responsibility - Mining Technology

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

GlobalData Thematic 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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Leading with an invisible hand: what role will private finance play at COP28?

Polly Bindman — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 12:55:30 +0000

In advance of the conference starting this week, Energy Monitor walks you through what role private finance can be expected to play at COP28.

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Why COP28 is “the most important COP” since the Paris Agreement

Nick Ferris — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 11:07:01 +0000

Energy Monitor takes you through what to expect at the UN climate conference taking place in December in Dubai, COP28.

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COP27: Have we committed to our goals?

GlobalData Thematic Intelligence — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 13:22:58 +0000

Despite negotiations being ongoing since COP27, they have been slowed down by a lot of disagreements on how the fund will work.

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What in the world has happened since COP27?

GlobalData Thematic Intelligence — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 10:01:38 +0000

Since last year’s COP27 summit, what events and government acts, if any, have made a positive impression on the climate?

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What does Biden’s executive order mean for worldwide AI regulation?

GlobalData Thematic Intelligence — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 09:59:21 +0000

The executive order highlights the US sentiment towards AI regulation, but presents a fragmented approach with possibility of discord.

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