{"id":16501,"date":"2025-06-22T10:50:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T14:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecoticias.com\/en\/?p=16501"},"modified":"2025-06-22T10:50:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T14:50:49","slug":"we-should-never-open-energy-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecoticias.com\/en\/we-should-never-open-energy-mine\/16501\/","title":{"rendered":"We should never open this mine \u2015 7,200,000 tons and a whole continent on edge"},"content":{"rendered":"

In recent years, several developing countries have become the protagonists of large-scale <\/span>mineral extraction projects.<\/b> This is because these regions have an abundance of natural resources, but their institutions are still consolidating, and this is where many investments that promise jobs, infrastructure, and economic growth come into play. However, as the number of mines opened increases, some questions also arise: Is this the most solid path for the future? And this is why some say that this mine should never be reopened.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are the points involved in mining?<\/h2>\n

To better understand what is happening at this particular mine, we need to go back to what mining means. Well, by definition, mining is an extractive activity. In other words, it removes from the earth what took millennia to form and, in doing so, ends up transforming the <\/span>landscape, ecosystems, and social fabric<\/b> around it. And this is where a very important point comes into play: in countries with fragile institutions and urgent needs, these impacts tend to be more intense.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here we have separated three factors that help to better understand why, in these contexts, the development generated by mining is almost always limited:<\/span><\/p>\n