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#mining 新闻
Energy and mining workers face barriers to moving between sectors, including unnecessary repeated training, according to a report by nonprofit Opito. As the region’s energy systems become more integrated, the findings highlight the need to recognise existing skills while maintaining safety standards.
A new report finds that more than 61.5 million hectares of protected areas analysed across tropical countries overlap with oil and gas blocks, while another 42.7 million hectares overlap with mining concessions.
Worst-case climate change modelling shows that rising temperatures and changing weather patterns could heighten mining contamination risks for marine environments, with some regions exposed to compounding hazards.
Companies are shifting towards international standards on environmental, governance and social issues. They lag particularly on the social side, experts say.
#mining 观点
The race to secure critical minerals has intensified at the same time as the international community has recognised the need for more sustainable and responsible mining practices. Translating the resulting frameworks and guidelines into concrete action will require consolidating Global South policy and advocacy networks.
Mineral security is not just about access to resources but about control over value chains. India’s response must be strategic, not reactive.
Decolonising economics challenges Eurocentric assumptions and extractive systems while elevating Global South perspectives and alternative models of economic development.
A system built on renewables introduces new risks, as critical bottlenecks shift to refining, processing, and mineral-supply chains.
#mining 视频
Speakers at Unlocking capital for sustainability Indonesia 2026 discuss how Indonesia can power its mineral boom without compromising climate goals or community trust
The veteran journalist talks to Eco-Business about how his Emmy-nominated documentary depicts the lives of environmental crusaders in Asia's deadliest country for guardians of the seas and forests.
Video footage appears to show protestors, who were demonstrating against mining operations, being dragged away by police near Ipilan Nickel Mine in Brooke’s Point, Palawan. Mining insiders are calling for maximum tolerance in similar standoffs.
政策和金融
‘We are not afraid’: Locals in biodiversity-rich Philippine island fight back against nickel mine
Mining operations at Altai Philippines Mining Corporation have been suspended for now, after week-long protests from locals of Sibuyan Island in Romblon, who claimed the extraction of nickel ore will disrupt the island’s intact ecosystems.
#mining 播客
政策和金融
‘Never give in to fear’: Nobel peace prize nominee and Filipino Indigenous leader Vicky Tauli Corpuz
In celebration of Indigenous Peoples' month in the Philippines, the former United Nations special rapporteur tells the Eco-Business Podcast about her lifelong work to empower communities in Asia’s most dangerous country for environmental defenders.
The clean energy sector’s poor human rights performance places its legitimacy at risk. Jessie Cato of the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre sheds light on how the industry can avoid labour abuse, land grabs and other violations.
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Mining can come at great environmental cost, but is necessary to fuel the energy transition. Michael Salvatico from Trucost tells the Eco-Business podcast about the risk and opportunity confronting Australia's mining sector — and what it could mean for Asia Pacific.
#mining 新闻发布稿
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Commodity dependence runs deep, developing countries must add value to turn the tide
World Trade Organization (WTO)
New database on critical minerals trade launched to support clean energy transition
Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Kadin Indonesia, Western Australia join forces to develop critical minerals for global battery, electric vehicle industry
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