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Amnesty accuses electric vehicles makers of using unethically sourced minerals

Rights group also said the EV industry sells itself as environmentally friendly, while most of the batteries they produce use polluting fossil fuels.

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Taxes and royalties paid by mining companies in Australia equivalent of Federal Government spending on education

Aussie miners paid A$30.6 billion in company tax and royalties in 2017-18.

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Tianqi Lithium to name three directors to SQM board next month

The world’s No.3 producer of the metal used in electric vehicle batteries said the candidates will be “fair” and “responsible toward shareholders”.

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Lynas auditors flag ‘material risk’ for the rare earths miner over Malaysia conditions

Ernst & Young report raises concerns about the company’s future due to Malaysia’s order to remove its radioactive waste by September.

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Europe’s push for EVs a boon to Savannah’s Portugal lithium project

The company is close to making a decision on developing Mina do Barroso mine, which could become the first European supplier of spodumene, a lithium-bearing mineral.

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Canadian miners had a tough 2018, but optimism remains — EY

Ernst & Young’s Canadian Mining Eye index, which tracks the performance of 100 Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange mid-tier and junior miners — dropped 2% in the last quarter of 2018.

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