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Mining operations can damage both communities and the natural world. Yet, the demand for critical minerals to supply the renewable energy industry is rising.
Hopes for a peaceful resolution are fading as the Sudan civil war blazes into a second year.
Sudan’s location and natural resources have attracted international partners keen to benefit either geopolitically or economically.
A gradual drawdown of gold mining is a critical step towards sustainability.
Locals from Asunción Mita, Guatemala recently voted against the development of mining activities in their municipality, in a referendum contested by a Canadian mining company that owns a gold mine.
The project threatens catastrophic harm to one of the world’s most important river systems, and the people who depend on it.
He used his powerful research to promote social change for justice in South Africa.
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