Tag Archives: mining

Africa: Blood and Rare Earths

Posted on December 5, 2025 by borderslynn

The ‘Peace Accord’: https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/12/signing-of-the-washington-accords-for-peace-and-prosperity-between-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-and-rwanda Summary: The conflict between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the M23 rebel group involves ongoing fighting primarily in the eastern regions, particularly North Kivu, where M23 has captured significant territories, including the city of … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africa, conflict, deals, DRC, ecological harm, genocide, Great Lakes, Gulf States, human displacement, human misery, land grabs, mining, neodymium, Peace Accord, pristine land, rare earths, Rwanda, trade, Trump administration, USA, war | Leave a comment

Stablecoin and Criminal Activity: who will win the Monopoly?

Posted on August 21, 2025 by borderslynn

I am reproducing this article from Cointelegraph Back in 2022: How Ukraine embraced cryptocurrencies in response to war Young techno-natives help Zelensky’s government raise over $100mn in crypto donations Kyiv this week launched an Aid for Ukraine website, which accepts … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged banking sector, Binance, conflict, corruption, cryptocurrencies, datacentres, digitisation, financial power, fresh water, global competition, mining, replacing currencies, resources, sanctions, stablecoin, Trump pardons Changpeng Zhao, war, world domination | Leave a comment

Latest from Global Witness

Posted on September 16, 2024 by borderslynn

Global Witness Press release | Sept. 10, 2024 More than 2,100 land and environmental defenders killed globally between 2012 and 2023 Share thisTweetShare FacebookShare LinkedIn Read this content in:FrançaisPortuguêsEspañol Land and environmental defenders Tuesday 10 September 2024, London – At least … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged big business, climate crisis, criminals, deforestation, dictators, environment, greed, human rights, immoral corporates, killing of activists, mining, planet destruction, river pollution, violence | Leave a comment

US Sanctions and Economic Aggression

Posted on August 25, 2024 by borderslynn

Here I present more extracts from Saleh Mohsin’ excellent book, ‘Paper Soldiers’ which has helped me understand the history of ‘weak’ or ‘strong’ dollar through the eyes of US Treasury secretaries. The United States started freezing assets as a method … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged aluminium, global repercussions, job losses, metals markets, mining, oligarch, Rusal, Saleh Mohsin, sanctions, share prices, strong or weak dollar, weaponisation of the dollar | Leave a comment

Globalization Casualties

Posted on August 3, 2024 by borderslynn

I’m reading ‘Paper Soldiers: How weaponization of the dollar changed the world’ by Saleha Mohsin. I am most grateful to the author, for it has taken me until now to learn the history behind what led to Globalization being caused … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 2008 financial crisis, authoritarian control, banks, capitalism, China, corporates, developing nations, dollar, economy, england, free trade, globalization, high risk, industrialization, manufacturing, mining, open borders, poverty, Scottish Borders, strong dollar, toxic loans, Treasury, UK, USA, wealth | Leave a comment

Pro Human Rights North African Journalists targeted by malware infection

Posted on April 4, 2024 by borderslynn

The Pegasus book (by Richard and Rigaud) describes the Kafkaesque experience of a young Moroccan investigative journalist, Omar Radi. June 22, 2020: Forbidden Stories posted a story of the Pegasus attack on Omar Radi…..2 days later, Omar was summoned to … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Amazigh, atlas mountains, autocrats, Berbers, dictators, earthquake region, exploitation, human rights, human water shortages, industrial water use, journalists, land grabs, malware, mining, Omar Radi, oppression, Pegasus phone infection, poor protection, profit before people, spyware | Leave a comment

The Human Meteorite

Posted on November 18, 2023 by borderslynn

Back in 2010, this article about Sudan explained the different viewpoints of nomadic herders and Arab farmers, their belief systems about land use brought them into conflict. Of the five mass extinctions we described in Chapter 2, probably the most … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africans, Anthropocene theory, arabs, climate change, conflict, Darfur, diamonds, drought, egypt, elites, farmers, fertile land, fresh water, genocide, human harm, human sabotage, impact of human activity, Iran, mining, nomads, proxy wars, Russia, UAE, ukraine, Wagner, war crimes | Leave a comment

Uranium Mining and refining: health and safety

Posted on August 12, 2023 by borderslynn

Another reproduced source, from which I start with a quote: Indeed, Wainwright says it may be impossible to get accurate data on uranium mining safety in all parts of the world. “Mining has been often a hidden component from consumers, … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged accidents, health and safety, ignorance of harm, inadequate corporate responsibility, land contamination, mining, outsourcing, regulations, river contamination, unprotected populations, vulnerable communities | Leave a comment

Nuclear Energy: history of uranium

Posted on August 12, 2023 by borderslynn

As long as nuclear reactors are being built to provide clean energy, those who supply the skills to build them will always be in demand. Uranium must always be sourced. Here is the history of uranium and of its applications … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged accidents, applications, contamination, dangers, dependence, health, mining, reactor maintenance, risks, safety, supply and demand, threats, uranium, weapons | Leave a comment

Nuclear Energy

Posted on August 12, 2023 by borderslynn

I am reproducing this article since my next blogs cover the issue of viability of building nuclear reactors to supply clean energy to minimise use of fossil fuels. I would encourage my readers to access the site and become knowledgeable … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged climate change, conflict, emissions, finite resources, fossil fuels, markets, mining, Nuclear Power, reactors, risk, safety, threats, trade wars, uranium | Leave a comment

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