Mercuria eyes equity in African assets, new metals boss says
“You will see us very present in Africa and putting our money where our mouth is in respect of the Copperbelt,” Kostas Bintas said.
Activist group Ecologists in Action and other organizations visited the European Parliament in Brussels and demanded the closure of all active mines in Spain.
Backed by left-wing MP Xabier Benito, the environmentalists organized a conference titled “Mining in Europe: the new extractive challenge.” At the forum, they said that mining activities, which in their view have been experiencing a boom in Spain for the past five years, endanger nature, cities and jobs.
Civil society representatives hailing from Cantabria, Aragón, Galicia, Ávila, Salamanca, Sevilla and Ciudad Real also attended the event. They said their communities are affected by lithium, tin, lead, tungsten, uranium, and copper operations.
At the meeting, the anti-mining advocates also addressed issues related to mining activities in Finland, where there’s an upswing in mining activities; France, which is reforming its mining code; and Portugal, a country they say is threatened by the reopening of old mines and the approval of new ones.
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ToryBluePower
Mining jobs threaten jobs.
Seems Valentina is on the left side.
Marco Gutiérrez
“the closure of all active mines in Spain”???? this argument doesn’t make any sense. Ecologist groups are not working in spanish people best interest. It’s cutting off our nose to spite our face.
Night Rider
So where are these genii going to get all the materials they need for their comfortable existences? Africa? South America? Clearly where they feel lives are less valuable??? The trick is having sensible laws and permitting for responsible mine development which are not corruptible. And that includes proper community consultation which, it seems, is not taken seriously in Spain.