Tag: Raw materials
European Parliament calls for international moratorium on seabed mining
The European Parliament voted on Wednesday February 7 for a resolution on Norway’s recent decision to authorize mining explorations in the Arctic seabed. The text adopted in Strasbourg calls on…
London awards 24 new oil exploration licenses in the North Sea
The British authorities announced yesterday, Wednesday January 31, the allocation of 24 new hydrocarbon exploration and drilling licenses in the North Sea. This is the continuation of a vast series…
overcome sanctions and seek allies
In Niger, six months after the coup d’état, the country is going through a difficult period economically due to ECOWAS sanctions and the cessation of international aid. Niger is no…
with the diggers of Kédougou, the last major city in the East
In Senegal, almost a month before the presidential election on February 25, our correspondents are traveling the country to meet voters. The town of Kédougou, in the far southeast, is…
call for general strike in the nickel industry
New Caledonia’s main industrial workers’ union is calling for a general strike at the island’s three nickel refining plants on January 25. The three industrial sites are on the verge…
despite concern, end of mobilization around the lithium extraction site
Indigenous communities in northern Chile have ended their mobilization. Since the start of the week, they have been blocking access roads to the country’s only lithium mine, located in the…
Explosion at a nickel factory in Indonesia: 13 dead, 46 injured
Thirteen dead and 38 injured are the latest, still provisional, casualty figures following the explosion this Sunday morning in a nickel processing factory on the island of Sulawesi, in eastern…
Angola withdraws from OPEC, disagreement with oil quotas
Rebound within OPEC+ which brings together oil exporting countries. Angola, an oil heavyweight on the African continent, has decided to withdraw from the organization. The reason: disagreements over the reduction…
7,000 jobs threatened in Central America’s largest copper mine
In Panama, demonstrators oppose the continued exploitation of the largest copper mine in Central America. They denounce in particular its impact on the environment. But this mobilization risks also having…
beekeepers denounce low-cost honey imports
Around a hundred beekeepers gathered this Thursday, November 30, in Paris, to raise awareness about their fate. It’s a paradox: while France consumes more honey than it produces, the stocks…