1+ day, 12+ min ago  (412+ words) JAKARTA, April 10 (Reuters) " Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto ordered prosecutors on Friday to file criminal charges against companies that refuse to cooperate with a task force he launched to crack down on illegal activities in "the country's forests. The task force,…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (386+ words) BUENOS AIRES, April 9 (Reuters) " Lawmakers in Argentina approved a government-backed reform on Thursday that aims to promote mining investment in glacier regions, a step environmentalists and scientists have said would weaken protections "and threaten water resources. The Chamber of Deputies…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (273+ words) SANTIAGO, March 25 (Reuters) " U. S. -based Albemarle, the world's largest lithium producer, said on Wednesday it had begun the environmental review process in "Chile for its first project using Direct "Lithium Extraction (DLE). Albemarle said in a statement that the project is…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (336+ words) LONDON, March 16 (Reuters) " BHP on Monday won its bid to throw out a contempt of court case in Britain over the funding of litigation to try to prevent "some Brazilian municipalities suing the mining giant in London "over one of…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (327+ words) TOKYO, Feb 2 (Reuters) " Japan's government said on Monday that it has successfully retrieved rare-earth-rich seabed mud for the first time from depths of around "6 km (4 miles) during a test mission. A Japanese scientific drill ship departed on January 12 for the…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (543+ words) Jan 15 (Reuters) " A bipartisan group of U. S. lawmakers on Thursday introduced a bill to create a $2. 5 billion stockpile of critical minerals, a move aimed at stabilizing market prices and encouraging domestic mining and refining. The bill marks Washington's latest attempt to…...