bne IntelliNews – Protests resume in Serbia over Rio Tinto lithium project https://www.byteseu.com/1227622/ #bne #bneGreen #BusinessNewEurope #CriticalMinerals #environment #eu #Lithium #mining #Protests #RioTinto #Serbia
bne IntelliNews – Protests resume in Serbia over Rio Tinto lithium project https://www.byteseu.com/1227622/ #bne #bneGreen #BusinessNewEurope #CriticalMinerals #environment #eu #Lithium #mining #Protests #RioTinto #Serbia
BBC: The rise of green tech is feeding another environmental crisis…
In 2021, about 95,000 tonnes of #lithium was consumed globally - by 2024 it had more than doubled to 205,000 tonnes, according to the International Energy Agency #IEA ... BBC news #greentechnology #climatecrisis #climatechange #mining #environment
Indigenous activists opposed to Nevada’s Thacker Pass lithium mine have for years been surveilled by law enforcement agencies and the company behind the mine, records show.
“They treat us like we’re domestic terrorists,” an organizer said.
#lithium #ThackerPass #LithiumMine #Nevada #environment #IndigenousCulture https://www.propublica.org/article/thacker-pass-lithium-mine-nevada-indigenous
À Glomel,le géant minier Imerys https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imerys va-t-il tout engloutir sous ses déchets ? https://reporterre.net/Imerys-le-geant-minier-accuse-de-pollutions-et-d-escroquerie
#Imerys a lancé l’exploitation d’une quatrième fosse d’extraction d’andalousite https://reporterre.net/Elle-va-nous-avaler-En-Bretagne-ils-defilent-contre-une-mine-a-ciel-ouvert le 2 juin, à Glomel. La multinationale n’a pas attendu l’examen du recours en annulation déposé par Eau et rivières de #bretagne https://splann.org/podcast-goliaths-imerys/
L'État ferme les yeux https://reporterre.net/Une-immense-mine-pollue-la-Bretagne-l-Etat-ferme-les-yeux
#Lithium dans l’Allier https://reporterre.net/Lithium-dans-l-Allier-la-mine-pourrait-etre-exploitee-50-ans
BBC: The rise of green tech is feeding another environmental crisis…
In 2021, about 95,000 tonnes of #lithium was consumed globally - by 2024 it had more than doubled to 205,000 tonnes, according to the International Energy Agency #IEA ... BBC news #greentechnology #climatecrisis #climatechange #mining #environment
Shared from BBC: „How the rise of green tech is feeding another environmental crisis“
Spicy pillow? Might store this in an ammo box until I can drop this at a battery recycling place, LOL #lithium
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« Incendies de batteries électriques : ce qu’il faut savoir pour les éviter »
Estonian DeepTech startup Jälle Technologies raises €2 million to combat the “tidal wave of dead batteries” https://www.byteseu.com/1204504/ #2CVentures #AndrusPurde #Carbon #EnterpriseEstonia(EIS) #EnvironmentalInvestmentCentre(KIK) #ErkiAni #Estonia #IvarKruusenberg #JälleTechnologies #KerliLiivand #KiiltoVentures #Lithium #MartinJantson #PriitViru #ReioPraats #tallinn
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jul/17/green-transition-water-chile-atacama-desalination-plants-lithium-copper-mining. Almost certainly, is the answer - & irreversibly, too. We are talking here about #mining for #copper & #lithium - both essential to the #transition to #renewable #energy. This isn't without #environmental cost, including damage to #biodiversity. There is #social cost, too - in this case, to #indigenous #communities.
Aus #Meerwasser:
#Membran für #Lithiumgewinnung ermöglicht #weltweiten #Abbau
Die #Filterung direkt aus #Wasser könnte die erreichbaren Reserven des #kritischen #Rohstoffs vervielfachen. Eine doppelte Trennung macht es möglich.
Am #Argonne_National_Laboratory in #Illinois, #USA, ist in Zusammenarbeit mit der #Universität von #Chicago eine #Membran entwickelt worden, die gelöstes #Lithium filtert.
Australian scientists have developed a pioneering eco-friendly technique - using moderate heat from sunlight or industrial waste - to extract valuable materials, such as lithium for batteries, from brine deposits, according to findings published in the London-based journal Nature Water. - PDNews
"China has the world’s top EV industry and dominates the global lithium supply chain: About 70% of all lithium is processed there. As other nations race to catch up, Beijing has leaned into its long-standing role as a major investor in mining in Africa. In Zimbabwe, China’s relations with the government are particularly close, dating to when it backed eventual dictator Robert Mugabe’s guerilla faction during the struggle for liberation in the 1960s. Mugabe’s successor, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has supported Chinese takeovers of lithium mines, arguing they will bring economic growth for a country where close to half the population lives in poverty.
But many residents in mining areas in Zimbabwe say the relationship with China is one of exploitation. The lithium boom has created little benefit for their communities, they argue, and in many ways has harmed them. Residents say they’ve been displaced from their homes by expanding operations at Chinese-run mines with little or no compensation. They say farmland has been degraded and water supplies contaminated. Some residents have complained that well-paying jobs in the mines are often filled by workers imported from China or Zimbabwe’s cities, while unions have criticized conditions and pay. Security crackdowns at the mines have resulted in arrests of illicit miners.
“China is seeing Zimbabwe as a colony, and it has marked it as its territory,” Farai Maguwu, executive director of the Centre for Natural Resource Governance, a research and advocacy group in Harare, told Rest of World. Zimbabwe’s mining sector has long been allegedly intertwined with the financial interests of government and military elites. But Maguwu accused Beijing of helping to further an environment of unaccountability in which Zimbabwe’s leaders “don’t take action to protect the integrity of their own people” — echoing critiques of Chinese mining operations around the continent."
https://www.europesays.com/2229149/ Ukraine’s hidden minerals, Russia’s unveiled stakes #Conflicts #Lithium #RareMinerals #Russia #RussiaUkraine #RussiaUkraineWar #RussianInvasionOfUkraine #RussoUkrainianWar #Ukraine #UkraineScandal
Revolut°Permanente Métaux critiques : la France passe un accord avec Milei pour piller les minerais argentins
RP #MétauxCritiques #IndustrieMinère #Impérialisme #Argentine #Lithium
Métaux critiques : la France p...
Giga Storage acquires 1.4GWh battery storage system in Germany https://www.byteseu.com/1156119/ #Albatross #Battery #BESS #energystorageeu #EnergyStorageEurope #Europe #Germany #GigaStorage #lithium-ion
China Bans Some Portable Batteries From Flights as Safety Concerns Grow - Airlines and governments around the world have tightened restrictions on the devices afte... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/world/asia/china-portable-battery-ban-planes.html #recallsandbansofproducts #airlinesandairplanes #lithium(metal) #batteries #china
Argentine : Lithium, #cuivre #cobalt ... La #France signe un accord clé avec l' #Argentine de #Milei https://www.metal.com/fr/newscontent/103376210
En visite à Buenos Aires, le ministre délégué au Commerce extérieur Laurent Saint-Martin https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent_Saint-Martin a signé un accord clé avec le gouvernement Milei afin d'exploiter les ressources minières du pays. La France s'intéresse notamment au #lithium https://www.lejsl.com/economie/2025/06/28/paris-et-buenos-aires-signent-un-accord-cadre-sur-les-minerais-critiques
Macron s'entretient avec Milei https://forbes.com.mx/macron-habla-con-milei-sobre-la-economia-argentina-y-la-cooperacion-con-francia/
South Africa: Key contracts for ‘Africa’s largest standalone BESS’ https://www.byteseu.com/1150694/ #africa #AfricanRainbowEnergy #Battery #BESS #CommercialClose #Energy #Globeleq #investment #lithium-ion #NTCSA #Policy #SouthAfrica #StandaloneBESS #tender
Clashes ongoing in eastern Ukrainian village near lithium deposits, as military rejects claims of Russian capture
Active fighting is still taking place around the village of #Shevchenko in #Donetsk Oblast, home to one of #Ukraine's largest #lithium deposits, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s #Khortytsia group of forces told the Kyiv Independent on June 27, denying reports Russia had occupied the village.