Tag: Raw materials
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…
Wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Energy announces annual loss of 5 billion euros
The German group reported an annual loss of nearly 5 billion euros, weighed down by its wind subsidiary, the day after the disclosure of a 15 billion euro rescue plan…
an NGO denounces mining activities deemed “dangerous”
In Congo-Brazzaville, an NGO is concerned about mining activities – considered dangerous – carried out by Chinese companies. They take place in a biosphere reserve, in the south of the…
what the relief of American sanctions will change on oil production
The United States announced on Wednesday October 18 a partial reduction in sanctions targeting Venezuela, particularly on gas and oil transactions. But it is more of a thaw than a…
EU announces end of restrictions, Poland and Hungary resist
The European Commission announced this Friday, September 15, that it would end the ban imposed by five EU states on the import of Ukrainian grain, in exchange for a commitment…
Visiting Russia, Erdogan hopes to change Putin’s position on the grain agreement
Can Recep Tayyip Erdogan convince Vladimir Putin to return to the Ukrainian grain deal, which Russia withdrew from in July? This is in any case the objective of the Turkish…