Tag: Natural Resources

Categories Journalism & Mass media

Backed by AFRICOM, corporations plunder DR Congo for “climate-friendly” materials and blame China

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Cobalt, a key metallic element used in lithium batteries and other “green” technology, is sourced from slave labor in the Democratic Republic of Congo. As the West points the finger at China, the US Africa Command is indirectly policing mining operations that profit US corporations. … Read More >Backed by AFRICOM, corporations plunder DR Congo for “climate-friendly” materials and blame China

Categories Journalism & Mass media

Reasons behind US-backed military coup in Guinea? Minerals and China

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Ben Norton discusses how the US military trained elite forces that carried out a coup in Guinea, a West African country with many natural resources, including the planet’s largest reserves of bauxite, the main source of aluminum. Western government-funded think tanks boasted that the Guinean coup is a blow to China and its Belt and Road Initiative. Washington’s new cold war has Africa in its crosshairs. … Read More >Reasons behind US-backed military coup in Guinea? Minerals and China

Categories Latin America

Union declares strike in world’s LARGEST copper mine in Chile after labor negotiations fail

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A labor union has voted to approve a strike at Escondida, the world’s largest copper mine, located in the Atacama Desert, Chile, where the miners are demanding better work conditions and benefits during the pandemic. … Read More >Union declares strike in world’s LARGEST copper mine in Chile after labor negotiations fail

Categories Shows

Rare earth minerals: The real reason the US is threatening China with war (full show)

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You want to know the real reason why the United States is going after China? Rick explores rare earth minerals–the raw material used to create almost all of our high-tech products. And guess where 90% of our planet’s rare earth minerals come from? You guessed it–China. … Read More >Rare earth minerals: The real reason the US is threatening China with war (full show)

Categories Russia

‘If you try to bite Russia, we’ll knock out your teeth,’ Putin says, warning whole world is afraid of size & resources of country

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President Vladimir Putin has issued a fiery rebuke to those who, he says, are intent on bringing about the breakup of the world’s largest country, insisting that Russia will defend itself from potential interference from overseas. … Read More >‘If you try to bite Russia, we’ll knock out your teeth,’ Putin says, warning whole world is afraid of size & resources of country

Categories Russia

Not running out anytime soon! Russia’s gas reserves will last for another 100 years, claims Moscow’s natural resources minister

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The Russian government has upped its official long-term estimate for hydrocarbon reserves to over a century as it plans to develop resource production of the Arctic region, which contains 72% of the country’s natural gas deposits. … Read More >Not running out anytime soon! Russia’s gas reserves will last for another 100 years, claims Moscow’s natural resources minister