Lithium

Ongoing ‘deliberations’ on the State Budget for 2021 (OE2021) have seen minority MPs push the government into agreeing to a strategic environmental impact study, at national level, for all mining

The race to attribute concessions for lithium mining has been temporarily halted as the government undertakes ‘strategic environmental evaluation’. Environment minister João Pedro Matos Fernandes pledged in Lisbon yesterday that

Saturday will see a symbolic protest against lithium exploration in Serra d’Arga take place on the international friendship bridge (Ponte Internacional da Amizade) that connects Vila Nova de Cerveira in

The Association Montalegre Com Vida held a ‘vigil’ last Saturday to show that Covid-19 hasn’t altered feelings of total opposition to plans for an open-pit lithium mine in the borough.

Socialist Mayor Miguel Alves has condemned the government’s proposal to ‘green light’ mining in protected areas as the “greatest sin” in its new draft-law to regulate the sector. Talking to

Fierce local opposition to lithium mining in rural areas of the interior has seen the government concede a number of changes to its announced game-plan. Of nine areas identified as

Over 300 people turned out on Saturday to protest against lithium mining in Montalegre. At the same time, André Silva, MP for PAN (People Animals Nature party) said he was

MPs are demanding explanations as controversy rages over the government’s perceived determination to grant mining licences for lithium ‘come what may’. Paramount among concerns is the fact that the environmental

Secretary of State for Energy João Galamba visited Boticas, Montalegre, yesterday and came up face-to-face with the strength of local feeling against government plans to press ahead with lithium mining.

Lithium ‘fever’ is putting huge pressure on signature areas of Portugal, not least the UNESCO world heritage site of the Douro where quality wines have been produced for over 2000