Sustainability: Miners should restore animal communities during site rehabilitation
Scientists are calling on mine operators to restore animal communities when they carry out site rehabilitation programs.
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Sustainability: World urged to reuse natural resources to save planet
More of the billions of tonnes of materials the world uses each year must be recycled and reused to keep climate change in check, researchers said on Tuesday. Only about a tenth of the nearly 93 billion tonnes of materials utilised annually – including minerals, metals, fossil fuels and biomass – are currently put back into service, said a report by Amsterdam-based social enterprise Circle Economy. CEO Harald Friedl told the Thomson Reuters Foundation more…
Read MoreSustainability: Life expectancy goes up in China as pollution level drops
The life expectancy of a Chinese citizen has gone up by half a year due to a significant drop in the air pollution level in the country, a study has claimed. Air pollution kills over a million in China where the average life expectancy is 76.4 years. A study by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago says that the life expectancy of Chinese citizens has been extended by half a year due…
Read MoreSustainability: “China plans more nuanced anti-coal pollution measures in 2019” – ministry
China will adopt more efficient and targeted measures during its campaign against pollution next year, but will not relax the targets or ease the crackdown on violators, the environment ministry said in a statement on Monday night. The push for new measures follows an annual meeting of top leaders last week which noted that the world’s second-largest economy is facing downward pressures. “We will coordinate environmental protection with economic development and avoid simple and brutal…
Read MoreSustainability: Zambezia Communities & companies on a collision course due to social benefits
The residents of Gilé are on a collision course with the mining companies and the government over the non-fulfilment of social responsibility measures accompanying the exercise of mining rights.
Read MoreSustainability: “Losing licence to operate new and biggest threat to miners” – EY
Mining companies across the globe now consider the risk of losing their licence to operate as the biggest risk to their businesses in the next two years, a new study shows. According to the 11th annual EY survey of 250 executives, the topic was listed sixth in the list of the ten major risks facing mining and metals firm in 2019-2020. Other challenges listed by the participants were rising nationalism, changing community perceptions of mining operations…
Read MoreSustainability: “S.Africa coal belt among world’s pollution hotspots” – Greenpeace
South Africa’s eastern Mpumalanga province has the most polluting cluster of coal-fired power stations in the world producing record levels of nitrogen dioxide, a report by environmental campaign group Greenpeace said Monday.
Read MoreSustainability: Extreme weather threatens African society and economy
Droughts, floods and storms are hitting Africa with increasing frequency. With so many people dependent on subsistence agriculture, the results can be devastating, and the future looks uncertain.
Read MoreSustainability: ExxonMobil to Join Oil and Gas Climate Initiative
ExxonMobil today said it will join the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), a voluntary initiative representing 13 of the world’s largest oil and gas producers working collaboratively toward solutions to mitigate the risks of climate change.
Read MoreMarket Analysis: Gas needs to work for its long-term sustainability
The mood music is upbeat.  Just 18 months ago the liquefied natural gas (LNG)  market was depressed, anticipating an extended period of oversupply. But things haven’t played out quite like that, and prices have staged a strong recovery.
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