mining
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Mining The Deep Sea Could Mean Unique Ecosystems Are ‘Lost Forever’
A new analysis of 250 studies has found that the negative impacts of deep sea mining would be severe and could last millions of years.
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Scott Morrison Wants To Outlaw Boycott Campaigns, But The Mining Industry Doesn’t Need Protection
On Friday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison vowed to craft new laws targeting social and political protest. Speaking to the Queensland Resources Council, he labelled some activist groups as environmental “anarchists”, and lamented how businesses like banks might be sensitive to consumer or protest group pressure to limit dealings with the mining industry.
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These Scientists Ground An iPhone To Dust To Figure Out What’s Inside
You probably don’t spend a lot of time pondering what your smartphone is made of. But maybe you should, because the average phone is a dizzyingly complex compendium of metals and minerals sourced from all over the Earth.
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Apple’s New Macs Use ‘100 Per Cent Recycled Aluminium,’ But What Does That Mean?
Apple’s second press blitz of the fall delivered details on a bunch of new devices. But the company also made some announcements on the environmental front that are generating buzz and raising questions, particularly regarding the recycled materials some of its 2018 product line will use.