The Colombian Congress is discussing a bill that introduces the term “ecocide” to classify the effects of illegal mining and that would set harsh penalties for those who commit such crimes.
More than 20,000 tonnes of toxic arsenic trioxide released from the now-shut Giant gold mine wiped out entire populations of algae and invertebrates from lakes nearby, study shows.
The country began shipping lithium to China this week, in what is considered the first step towards fulfilling its ambitions to becoming the world’s No. 1 exporter of the commodity.