Explainer-What's driving New Caledonian protests against Brazilian mining giant Vale By Sonali Paul 4 Min Read MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Riots erupted in December in New Caledonia, a French territory...

In Arizona, members of the San Carlos Tribe and other activists from around the Southwest are beginning a 40-mile run and protest to the site of a proposed copper mine on land they consider...

The biggest nickel mine in Central America has restarted operations amid violent clashes between indigenous people and security forces, disputes over land ownership, and ongoing lawsuits for...

During protests against the Fenix nickel mine in 2009 over land rights, he was shot and paralyzed from the waist down by Mynor Padilla, the mine's head of security, who also shot dead anti ...

#1 – The Trump administration's decision did not open the door to a copper, nickel and platinum project IN a wilderness area. Twin Metals underground mine is outside of the Boundary Waters ...

Two workers killed in clash at Indonesian nickel smelter The violence erupted during a protest by a labour group demanding better pay and safety. Read more "Sometimes our nose could even turn black. "I would have a cough and flu at work that would stop as soon as I returned home."

Fishermen in Indonesia's Obi Islands blame the nickel mining and smelting industries for the depletion of fish in their traditional fishing grounds. Researchers say the pollution has turned the coastal waters into a "mud puddle" because of the high levels of heavy metal contamination.

The largest nickel mining company in the world causes conflicts in the rich hills around Lake Matano on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. PT Inco (now belonging to Vale Indonesia) began exploring Sorowako's nickel in 1968. In 1977, PT Inco opened a smelter and one year later began commercial production. President Suharto's "New Order ...

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2020–2021 New Caledonian protests - Wikipedia 2020–2021 New Caledonian protests The 2020 protests in New Caledonia began on 28 October 2020 over a plan to sell a Vale -owned nickel and cobalt mine to a consortium led by Trafigura. The nickel mine and plant is known as the Goro mine.

39 seconds ago. Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Toni Yulo-Loyzaga on Friday said they "will take a good look" at the opposition of a group of Sibuyan Island residents to nickel mining in that part of Romblon province. The group had put up a human barricade to prevent trucks carrying nickel ore from exiting a pier ...

4 Min Read. MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Riots erupted in December in New Caledonia, a French territory in the Pacific, with protesters blockading nickel mines and challenging Brazilian mining giant Vale ...

After a tailings dam in Brazil collapsed last year killing more than 250 people, the International Council on Mining and Metals began an industry-wide review of tailings regulations, but a final report has been delayed due to COVID-19.

It wasn't until Indonesia began issuing nickel mining permits in the 1990s that the ... Harita backed down from a plan to pump 6 million tons of waste into the deep sea in the face of protests ...

Puerto Princesa Bishop Socrates Mesiona has expressed support for protests seeking to stop the open-pit nickel mining in Brooke's Point in Palawan. Mesiona voiced opposition to harmful mining activities when visited demonstrators last Sunday, Feb. 19, at the mining project of the Ipilan Nickel Mining Corp. that is allegedly operating without ...

During protests against the Fenix nickel mine in 2009 over land rights, he was shot and paralyzed from the waist down by Mynor Padilla, the mine's head of security, who also shot dead anti-mining activist Adolfo Ich Chamán. Mongabay first spoke to Chub in 2015 during the trial and again in 2017 when Padilla was initially acquitted.

Nickel is a key component of lithium-ion battery cells, which are used in most electric vehicles. Workers say they face unsafe conditions at the smelter run by PT Gunbuster Nickel Industry ...

By CBCP News. February 20, 2023. Manila, Philippines. Bishop Socrates Mesiona of Puerto Princesa is backing up an ongoing protest against an open-pit nickel mining project in Palawan province's southern town of Brooke's Point. The bishop on Sunday visited a barricade in the area to hear demonstrators who have been demanding that Ipilan ...

The Guatemalan government has declared a month-long, dawn-to-dusk curfew and banned pubic gatherings following protests against a nickel mining project. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) Guatemala's government imposed martial law and a dusk to dawn curfew Sunday and filled the town of 20,000 residents with security forces.

The 2020 protests in New Caledonia began on 28 October 2020 over a plan to sell a Vale-owned nickel and cobalt mine to a consortium led by Trafigura.The nickel mine and plant is known as the Goro mine.Independence leaders and pro-independence protesters wanted for the nickel plant to be owned by citizens of New Caledonia rather than foreign investors, though various arrangements have been ...

Workers say they face unsafe conditions at the smelter run by PT Gunbuster Nickel Industry. (Supplied) Armed with the world's largest reserves of nickel and a ban on the export of nickel ore, the ...

The group had put up a human barricade to prevent trucks carrying nickel ore from exiting a pier being constructed by the Altai Philippines Mining Corporation. Police, however, dispersed the protesters.

Jan 12, 2021 03:25AM EST French mining group Eramet said on Tuesday its nickel subsidiary SLN in New Caledonia risked going into liquidation within weeks if protests continued to disrupt its...

The resignations come at a crucial time, as the government debates its budget and the future of nickel mining and smelting, with the islands holding nearly a quarter of the world's reserves of ...

February 24, 2023. RESIDENTS of Brooke's Point, Palawan have initiated mobilization to oppose the operation of Ipilan Nickel Corp. (INC) in the area as they asked the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to issue a cease-and-disease order against the mining company amid alleged violations of the firm. The protest came weeks after the ...

In April elections for Parliament, Ms. Paviasen and her protest group overcame a determined lobbying effort by the mining company, Greenland Minerals, and swayed public opinion in favor of a...

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This article was amended on 16 December 2020 to reflect that it is the Goro nickel processing plant that is the subject of the proposed sale, rather than the Goro mine as an earlier version indicated.

Thu 10 Dec 2020 14.00 EST Last modified on Fri 18 Dec 2020 04.43 EST Tensions over the future of New Caledonia's Vale nickel plant have erupted into violent protests on the streets of Noumea,...

This declaration was issued October 24, after more than two weeks of protests by residents who were demanding their voices be heard in a pending consultation over a nickel mining project in the region. "The Guatemalan state is willing to break its own legality in order to guarantee the interests of a private capital."