{"id":1136580,"date":"2019-09-05T03:00:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T08:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1000575"},"modified":"2019-09-05T03:00:29","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T08:00:29","slug":"demand-for-battery-metals-renewables-fuelling-human-rights-abuse-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1136580","title":{"rendered":"Demand for battery metals, renewables fuelling human rights abuse \u2014 report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most of the world\u2019s top companies mining<br \/>\nfor lithium, cobalt and other minerals used in the making of electric vehicles\u2019<br \/>\n(EVs) batteries, solar panels and other green technologies have been linked to<br \/>\nalleged human rights abuses since 2010, a new report claims.<\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center'>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');});<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to New York-based watchdog Business &amp; Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC), which has launched an <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/trackers.business-humanrights.org\/transition-minerals\" >online tool to track human rights claims<\/a> against mining companies, 86%\u00a0(18\/21) of the top five lithium, copper, cobalt, manganese, nickel and zinc producers have had accusations related to human rights transgression.<\/p>\n<p>The group argues it has found&nbsp;evidence of companies including Albemarle, SQM, Livent Corporation, Tianqi Lithium and Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium being accused of rights abuse between 2010 and 2019. From them, only one of the world\u2019s top companies, Livent Corporation, has related policy available.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/transition-minerals-tracker-lithium-1024x497.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1000577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/transition-minerals-tracker-lithium-1024x497.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/transition-minerals-tracker-lithium-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/transition-minerals-tracker-lithium-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/transition-minerals-tracker-lithium.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Source: BHRRC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By launching the Mineral Tracker tool,<br \/>\nBHRRC wants to allow investors, businesses and civil society groups to find<br \/>\nclaims against miners, which range from harming access to water to dubious business<br \/>\npractices, corruption, violence and deaths. <\/p>\n<p>The goal, the group says, is to improve human rights practices of companies producing the minerals vital to the renewable energy and EVs sectors.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/transition-minerals-tracker-cobalt-1024x498.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1000578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/transition-minerals-tracker-cobalt-1024x498.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/transition-minerals-tracker-cobalt-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/transition-minerals-tracker-cobalt-768x374.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/transition-minerals-tracker-cobalt.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Source: BHRRC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe urgent transition to a<br \/>\nlow-carbon economy must be fair as well as fast,\u201d Eniko Horvath, senior researcher<br \/>\nat BHRRC says. \u201cBut without strong human rights checks the renewable energy<br \/>\nsector risks being linked to labour and environmental abuses in their supply<br \/>\nchains in countries such as Chile, Zambia, and the Democratic Republic of the<br \/>\nCongo (DRC).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More than half the mineral companies analyzed (62% or 13 out of 21)&nbsp;have publicly available human rights policies, suggesting these are either insufficient or are not adequately enforced in the companies\u2019 supply chains, Horvath notes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.miningintelligence.com\/posters\/global-battery-minerals-map\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"DOWNLOAD FREE BATTERY METALS MAP (opens in a new tab)\">DOWNLOAD FREE BATTERY METALS MAP<\/a><\/p>\n<p><cite>Map of major producing mines and mine development projects of minerals used in Lithium Ion Batteries. Commodities include Lithium, Graphite and Cobalt. Map includes locations of 240+ producing mines, 45 development projects, 110+ projects in economic assessment, and 40 suspended mines.<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The tracker includes links to in-depth research by top NGOs working in the field, such as Amnesty International, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/amnesty-accuses-electric-vehicles-makers-using-unethically-sourced-minerals\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">in March challenged EV market leaders<\/a> to create \u201cthe world\u2019s first completely ethical battery\u201d within five years. <\/p>\n<p>Unless there are radical changes in the ways that cobalt and other minerals are produced, warned Amnesty\u2019s secretary-general Kumi Naidoo, the batteries which power green vehicles will continue to be tainted by abuses, such as child labour.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/transition-minerals-tracker-copper-1024x496.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1000580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/transition-minerals-tracker-copper-1024x496.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/transition-minerals-tracker-copper-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/transition-minerals-tracker-copper-768x372.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/transition-minerals-tracker-copper.jpg 1041w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Source: BHRRC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/demand-for-battery-metals-renewables-fuelling-human-rights-abuse-report\/\">Demand for battery metals, renewables fuelling human rights abuse \u2014 report<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/\">MINING.COM<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of the world&rsquo;s top companies mining for lithium, cobalt and other minerals used in the making of electric vehicles&rsquo; 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