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
Portugal – The national wealth of mineral assets
Deep-sea mining and the lithium conundrum In an essay which was published in the Portugal Resident on March 13, 2024, I made a synopsis of the potential environmental damage and/or
Government cancels Moncorvo mining concession with UK’s Aethel Mining
Cancellation due to “legal and contractual non-compliance” Portugal’s government has ripped up an iron ore mining concession granted to the UK’s Aethel Mining for mines at Torre de Moncorvo, in
Portugal makes history as first country to ban deep-sea mining
Deep-sea mining is banned in Portuguese waters until 2050 Portugal has officially become the first country in the world to ban deep-sea mining in its waters. The moratorium, which took
EU Commission classifies four mining projects in Portugal as strategic
NGOs and community associations go on attack The European Commission has today announced that it considers four mining projects in Portugal – three for lithium, one for copper – strategic
Mining halts in Moncorvo following environmental veto
Aethel Mining company’s implementation project at issue Five years after mining resumed in Torre de Moncorvo in the early days of the pandemic, work has come to a halt, with
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,
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