Growing opposition to mining in Panama

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Around 60 people were killed in an explosion at an informal gold mine in Burkina Faso on Monday. In recent years, gold has become Burkina Faso’s biggest export. Informal, artisan mining operations are becoming more common there and across the region. People in these mines aren’t ...  Show more

Ernest Scheyder, author of 'The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives', discusses the complexities and controversies surrounding mining for green energy metals. The book explores the choices and trade-offs involved in the green energy rev ...

In today’s episode for 18th October 2022, we talk about new mining reforms which could be a big push to the mining industry.

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Mining is a complicated business. It’s destructive, it’s dangerous. But in order to get the lithium we need to power the energy transition, mining could be a necessary evil.

In this episode, we go from protests in South America to a gold mine in Nevada, where we tak ...