Seven ways new technology will impact the mining sector
There is concern that massive job losses will occur in the mining sector because of automation. Some aspects of the new technologies, though, can act to offset the negative labour impacts with positive social and environmental impacts. Two years ago, I
Shrinking the environmental footprint of mining
Almost every element in the periodic table has a use in modern society, and we are consuming them in larger volumes because of growing economies and technological innovations. Exotic elements from the periodic table like Neodymium, one of the rare
From Where I Stand: Tebogo Mashego
EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS PIECE IS AUTHORED BY UN WOMEN AS PART OF THE SERIES “FROM WHERE I STAND”, WHICH CAPTURES PEOPLES STORIES AND THEIR DAILY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES FROM AROUND THE WORLD. SEE THE FULL SERIES HERE. Most mining companies, government and big businesses
From Where I Stand: “I became a man just to access the mines”
EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS PIECE IS AUTHORED BY UN WOMEN AS PART OF THE SERIES “FROM WHERE I STAND”, WHICH CAPTURES PEOPLES STORIES AND THEIR DAILY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES FROM AROUND THE WORLD. SEE THE FULL SERIES HERE. Pili Hussein is Tanzania’s