


EU Parliament adopts binding law on conflict minerals
Following previous updates and activism on the issue of conflict minerals (see: EU agrees mandatory law on conflict minerals, but exemptions cause concern and Last chance to influence EU Conflict Minerals Regulation) the European Union Parliament has now officially...
Data summary of European Commission report
The following is a summary attached of the E Comm report http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/mining/pdf/report_mining_waste.pdf (E Comm COM(2016) 553 Sept 2016 report to the European Parliament and European Council on on the implementation of Directive 2006/21/EC on...
Informal Stakeholder Consultation on European Mining Waste Directive
The following are the record of the informal stakeholder consultation on the implementation of the European Mining Waste Directive that took place in the European Parliament. LMN’s Research Associate Richard Harkinson attended, and presented at the meeting:-...