Environment & sustainability

Wärtsilä and Schneider Electric have together developed a power system reference design, specifically aimed at lithium mine operations where there is no access to a grid supply of electricity.

Eurasian Resources Group has reflected on the progress it has made in helping eradicate child labour from the cobalt mining sector in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the past year.

RPMGlobal has announced that it has entered into an acquisition agreement for the environmental, social, and governance services company, Nitro Solutions Pty Ltd.

The Arizona Board of Regents has recently approved the creation of a School of Mining and Mineral Resources at the University of Arizona.

Sber and Eurasian Resources Group have signed a memorandum of intent to cooperate on developing environmental, social, and governance standards, including green financing instruments.

Circulor has announced it has closed US$14 million in Series A funding to accelerate the company’s rapid growth.

As it develops several gold mining concessions in West Africa, the UK-based 79th Group has been accepted into the UN Global Compact initiative.

BASF, Daimler AG, Fairphone, and Volkswagen Group have initiated a ‘Responsible Lithium Partnership’ aiming to work towards responsible natural resource management, including lithium, in Chile‘s Salar de Atacama.

Canyon Resources has submitted the ESIA for the Minim Martap Bauxite Project to Cameroon’s Ministry of Mines, Industry, and Technological Development.

Alamos Gold Inc. has released its 2020 ESG report, which outlines the company’s progress on its ESG performance in 2020 and provides direction on planned initiatives for 2021.

NLMK Group has signed an MOI for a new metals and mining facility at the Stoilensky Mining and Beneficiation plant.

Canada Nickel Company Inc. has announced that its Crawford project is expected to have an industry leading low carbon footprint, lower than 99.7% of existing global nickel production.

In response to the growing challenge of responsible sourcing in global mineral value chains, SRK has been chosen alongside other companies to build a global stakeholder platform, known as the RE-SOURCING project.

VivoPower International PLC has announced that the company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Tembo e-LV B.V., have entered into a non-binding agreement with Acces Industriel Mining Inc. for Acces to distribute Tembo electric light vehicles in Canada.

CMOC, ERG and Glencore, in collaboration with Umicore, are piloting ReISource, a solution to trace responsibly produced cobalt from the mine to the electric car.