ENVIRONMENT

Critical minerals and crime: The threat to net-zero

The global drive to secure critical minerals for the energy transition must be carefully monitored to prevent mining operations from exacerbating criminality and corruption in resource-rich, governance-poor countries, according to a new report.

 An exploted mine worker in Ghana

An exploted mine worker in Ghana

Defense think-tank the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) cautions in a new paper that many critical mineral reserves are in developing and middle-income nations plagued by weak governance and recent...

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A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the mining sector, brought to you by the Mining Magazine Intelligence team.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the mining sector, brought to you by the Mining Magazine Intelligence team.

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