[Link] Serbia backs out of controversial Rio Tinto lithium mine

Read: 23/1/2022 www.abc.net.au

Serbian authorities have abandoned plans to build a controversial lithium mine, the prime minister has said, following weeks of protests against the project set to be built by Anglo-Australian firm Rio Tinto.

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[Link] Twiggy Stardust: the man who sold, er saved, the world

Read: 14/11/2021 www.afr.com

David Bowie concealed one last alter-ego: an iron ore magnate and global warming messiah simply known as Andrew.

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[Link] Farmers 'cautiously joyous' after Queensland food bowl is deemed no place for 'big, dirty coal mine'

Read: 7/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

Resources Minister Scott Stewart has delivered a preliminary review that says coal exploration north of Bundaberg is not in the public interest. It comes after the company Fox Resources applied for a mineral development licence (MDL) between Moore Park Beach and Avondale.

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