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  1. Euro area factories snapped up raw materials in April as optimism slumped amid Middle East war

    LONDON, May 4 (Reuters) – Euro area manufacturers rushed to build inventories of raw materials in April amid…
    #Europe #EU #EuroZone #ChrisWilliamson #EuroArea #Eurozone #expectationsindex #MiddleEast #Rawmaterials
    europesays.com/europe/52271/

  2. theguardian.com/commentisfree/. "Donald Trump’s unjustified war on #Iran & the resulting global #fuel #crisis is a continuing reminder that true #energy #security & #independence will continue to elude us so long as we remain dependent on #fossilfuels." The problem is, #renewable energy = #electricity, & electricity = 21% of final energy #consumption, so even if ALL electricity was generated by #renewables, that still leaves a big gap filled by #oil, #gas & #coal, which supply #rawmaterials as well.

  3. theguardian.com/commentisfree/. "Donald Trump’s unjustified war on #Iran & the resulting global #fuel #crisis is a continuing reminder that true #energy #security & #independence will continue to elude us so long as we remain dependent on #fossilfuels." The problem is, #renewable energy = #electricity, & electricity = 21% of final energy #consumption, so even if ALL electricity was generated by #renewables, that still leaves a big gap filled by #oil, #gas & #coal, which supply #rawmaterials as well.

  4. theguardian.com/commentisfree/. "Donald Trump’s unjustified war on #Iran & the resulting global #fuel #crisis is a continuing reminder that true #energy #security & #independence will continue to elude us so long as we remain dependent on #fossilfuels." The problem is, #renewable energy = #electricity, & electricity = 21% of final energy #consumption, so even if ALL electricity was generated by #renewables, that still leaves a big gap filled by #oil, #gas & #coal, which supply #rawmaterials as well.

  5. theguardian.com/commentisfree/. "Donald Trump’s unjustified war on #Iran & the resulting global #fuel #crisis is a continuing reminder that true #energy #security & #independence will continue to elude us so long as we remain dependent on #fossilfuels." The problem is, #renewable energy = #electricity, & electricity = 21% of final energy #consumption, so even if ALL electricity was generated by #renewables, that still leaves a big gap filled by #oil, #gas & #coal, which supply #rawmaterials as well.

  6. theguardian.com/commentisfree/. "Donald Trump’s unjustified war on #Iran & the resulting global #fuel #crisis is a continuing reminder that true #energy #security & #independence will continue to elude us so long as we remain dependent on #fossilfuels." The problem is, #renewable energy = #electricity, & electricity = 21% of final energy #consumption, so even if ALL electricity was generated by #renewables, that still leaves a big gap filled by #oil, #gas & #coal, which supply #rawmaterials as well.

  7. The EU-Japan partnership is becoming even more strategic. Today's reinforced High-Level Economic Dialogue helps deepen our cooperation on #economicsecurity, critical #rawmaterials, semiconductors, key tech:

    ⬆️ resilience
    ⬇️ vulnerabilities.

    👉📝 link.europa.eu/FQVFX9
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    nitter.net/MarosSefcovic/statu

  8. Charged EVs | NEO commissions heavy rare earth separation production line in Europe

    Canada-based NEO Performance Materials has commissioned a small-scale heavy rare earth element (HREE) production line at its Silmet…
    #Europe #EU #BatteryCellDesign #batterytechnology #Manufacturing #Manufacturing&SupplyChain #RawMaterials&SupplyChain
    europesays.com/europe/28543/

  9. Critical raw materials: According to a UN study, the environmental impacts of mining must be better distributed • Table.Briefings byteseu.com/1980027/ #Climate&Environment #environment #RawMaterials #RawMaterialsStrategy #un

  10. Critical raw materials: According to a UN study, the environmental impacts of mining must be better distributed • Table.Briefings byteseu.com/1977274/ #Climate&Environment #environment #RawMaterials #RawMaterialsStrategy #un

  11. A yearning for the idyllic forest scene and cellulose factories

    When they want to ‘get away from it all’ and ‘go for a drive’ through nature, the idyllic forest scene, they are in denial that the romantic craving for the bush turns out to be industrial plantations.

    “Nature ... is a planned product of the forestry industry, a purely wisely placed storehouse for cellulose production, which is readily apparent.”
    - The Man Without Qualities, Robert Musil, 1930

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_
    #forests #forestryCorporation #forestry #CelluloseFactories #LoggingIndustry #landscapes #TheBush #plantations #monoculture #RawMaterials #extractivism #biodiversity #nature #book #literature

  12. A yearning for the idyllic forest scene and cellulose factories

    When they want to ‘get away from it all’ and ‘go for a drive’ through nature, the idyllic forest scene, they are in denial that the romantic craving for the bush turns out to be industrial plantations.

    “Nature ... is a planned product of the forestry industry, a purely wisely placed storehouse for cellulose production, which is readily apparent.”
    - The Man Without Qualities, Robert Musil, 1930

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_
    #forests #forestryCorporation #forestry #CelluloseFactories #LoggingIndustry #landscapes #TheBush #plantations #monoculture #RawMaterials #extractivism #biodiversity #nature #book #literature

  13. A yearning for the idyllic forest scene and cellulose factories

    When they want to ‘get away from it all’ and ‘go for a drive’ through nature, the idyllic forest scene, they are in denial that the romantic craving for the bush turns out to be industrial plantations.

    “Nature ... is a planned product of the forestry industry, a purely wisely placed storehouse for cellulose production, which is readily apparent.”
    - The Man Without Qualities, Robert Musil, 1930

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_
    #forests #forestryCorporation #forestry #CelluloseFactories #LoggingIndustry #landscapes #TheBush #plantations #monoculture #RawMaterials #extractivism #biodiversity #nature #book #literature

  14. A yearning for the idyllic forest scene and cellulose factories

    When they want to ‘get away from it all’ and ‘go for a drive’ through nature, the idyllic forest scene, they are in denial that the romantic craving for the bush turns out to be industrial plantations.

    “Nature ... is a planned product of the forestry industry, a purely wisely placed storehouse for cellulose production, which is readily apparent.”
    - The Man Without Qualities, Robert Musil, 1930

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_
    #forests #forestryCorporation #forestry #CelluloseFactories #LoggingIndustry #landscapes #TheBush #plantations #monoculture #RawMaterials #extractivism #biodiversity #nature #book #literature

  15. A yearning for the idyllic forest scene and cellulose factories

    When they want to ‘get away from it all’ and ‘go for a drive’ through nature, the idyllic forest scene, they are in denial that the romantic craving for the bush turns out to be industrial plantations.

    “Nature ... is a planned product of the forestry industry, a purely wisely placed storehouse for cellulose production, which is readily apparent.”
    - The Man Without Qualities, Robert Musil, 1930

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_
    #forests #forestryCorporation #forestry #CelluloseFactories #LoggingIndustry #landscapes #TheBush #plantations #monoculture #RawMaterials #extractivism #biodiversity #nature #book #literature

  16. South Korea’s import prices rose for a seventh consecutive month in January, up 0.4% despite lower oil prices and a stronger won, as raw material costs climbed; export prices and trade indices also posted robust gains.
    #YonhapInfomax #ImportPrices #BankOfKorea #ExchangeRate #RawMaterials #ExportPrices #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
    en.infomaxai.com/news/articleV

  17. South Korea’s import prices rose for a seventh consecutive month in January, up 0.4% despite lower oil prices and a stronger won, as raw material costs climbed; export prices and trade indices also posted robust gains.
    #YonhapInfomax #ImportPrices #BankOfKorea #ExchangeRate #RawMaterials #ExportPrices #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
    en.infomaxai.com/news/articleV

  18. South Korea’s import prices rose for a seventh consecutive month in January, up 0.4% despite lower oil prices and a stronger won, as raw material costs climbed; export prices and trade indices also posted robust gains.
    #YonhapInfomax #ImportPrices #BankOfKorea #ExchangeRate #RawMaterials #ExportPrices #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
    en.infomaxai.com/news/articleV

  19. A review of Clia Izoard's book: archive.is/r3Def#selection-393

    "Locally, the process of radicalization of industrial #mining is detailed through the prism of its social ravages. The mine is above all a gigantic uprooting machine (p. 54), which empties spaces by expropriating the last peoples of the plant. In addition, contemporary mining exposes populations to various diseases and poisoning. In the Bou-Azzer mine in Morocco, we extract responsible cobalt for electric cars; miners and local residents suffer from cancers and neurological and cardiovascular diseases.
    "The overall scale of mining sector predation in XXIe century is also outlined through the growing production of waste and pollution. The mining sector is the most polluting industry in the world. For example, an industrial copper mine produces 99.6% waste. Stored near mining pits, the waste rocks, gigantic volumes of extracted rock, generate sulfur releases which drain the heavy metals contained in the rocks and make them migrate towards waterways. Factory pipes constantly spew toxic residues which can, depending on the ore processed, consist of cyanide, acids, hydrocarbons, soda, or known poisons such as lead, arsenic, mercury, etc. Finally, zero-carbon mines are pipe dreams because they are all very energy-intensive. The amount needed to extract, crush, process and refine metals represents approximately 8 to 10% of the total energy consumed worldwide, making the mining industry a major culprit in climate change."

    #environment #ecology #mining #mines #extraction #extractivism #metals #transition #energyTransition #ecologicalTransition #ecologicalDebt #lithium #cobalt #digital #digitization #smartphone #iPhone #Android #electric #electricTransition #electricCars #industry #criticalTheory #technoCriticism #capitalism #technology #technique #sovereignty #supply #supplyChain #rawMaterials #commodities #development #exploitation #policy #pollution #NIMBY #CéliaIzoard #nickel #copper #book

  20. What if one place was devastated because another was clean?

    "On a basic level, exporting raw materials adds less economic value to the country that does it than processing, manufacturing, and reselling those materials, so for every watt of energy, every hectare of land, and every hour of work used to make goods exported from the global North to the South, the South has to generate, use, and work many more units to pay for it."

    Laurie Parsons: laprogressive.com/climate-chan @climate

    #environment #ecology #mining #mines #extraction #extractivism #metals #transition #energyTransition #ecologicalTransition #ecologicalDebt #lithium #cobalt #digital #digitization #smartphone #iPhone #Android #electric #electricTransition #electricCars #industry #criticalTheory #technoCriticism #capitalism #technology #technique #sovereignty #supply #supplyChain #rawMaterials #commodities #development #exploitation #policy #pollution #NIMBY #emissions #co2emissions #carbon #GHG