Lithium – A revised assessment for Covas do Barroso?
Cracks continue to appear in the presumed Lithium Honey-Pot The besieged citizens of Covas do Barroso and other districts in Northern Portugal, where the mining of minerals threatens their traditional
Argemela lithium mine “environmental impact study” rejected
Locals fighting over eight years against plan hope this is end of it Local people in the northern municipalities of Covilhã and Fundão are delighted by the decision of APA
Lithium mining in Boticas: Savannah pushes government for further help
Savannah wants to move forwards with expropriations by this summer Communities battling to save their agricultural heritage and livelihoods from open pit lithium mining in the borough of Boticas have
ZERO environmentalists join pushback against Europe’s strategic mining choices
ZERO accuses European Commission of ignoring serious impacts Portugal’s environmental association ZERO has joined the pushback against Europe’s decision to fast-track mining projects in Portugal, disregarding serious environmental and social
Lithium – “The Sacrifice Zone”
The “little people” are without financial resources – only determination to preserve their historic way of life In mid-2023, an academic paper titled “Anticipating lithium extraction in northern Portugal: A
Government recommends “urgently” setting up committees to monitor lithium exploration
Committees to monitor Boticas and Montalegre projects Parliament has today approved a recommendation to the government to urgently set up committees to monitor lithium exploration projects in Boticas and Montalegre,
Lithium fury: Portuguese government cites “public interest” in exploration
Citizens say government “has lost legitimacy to represent public” Rural communities fighting off lithium exploration in the district of Vila Real feel completely abandoned by the government. The latest battle
Community fighting off lithium exploration accuse government of acting in bad faith
And mining company of “criminal behaviour” and fake news Rural communities fighting off lithium exploration in Covas do Barroso and Romainho have issued a new statement today, following a great
Environment minister moves to ‘release’ mining company from effects of embargo
Savannah Resources says it will be resuming fieldwork and drilling campaign on Barroso Lithium Project
Former uranium miners join fight against open-pit lithium mine in Boticas
“We know what open-pit mining is: landscape will be destroyed” A group of former miners who worked the uranium mines of Urgeiriça have joined the ‘people’s fight’ against lithium mining