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archaeology27 days ago•27 min saved

5,000-Year-Old Sinai Panel Shows Egypt’s Early Copper-Driven Conquest

Archaeologists have identified a 5,000-year-old rock panel at Wadi Khamila in Sinai depicting an Egyptian victor subduing a bound local, with iconography and inscriptions linking the scene to the god Min and the copper-rich frontier. The discovery suggests an early, religion-justified Egyptian expansion into Sinai to secure mineral resources, constituting paleocolonialism and revealing a broader imperial network centered on copper mining.

via ZME Science|

#ancient-egypt #archaeology #copper-mining

politics1 month ago•4 min saved

House advances bid to lift BWCAW mining ban, sends measure to Senate

The U.S. House voted to advance HJR 140 to overturn the 20-year mining ban around the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness by withdrawing lands from Public Land Order 7917 under the Congressional Review Act; if the Senate approves and the president signs, the ban would be nullified, a move supporters say would unlock critical minerals from the Duluth Complex while critics warn of environmental and tribal impacts.

via kare11.com|

#boundary-waters #congressional-review-act #copper-mining

human-rights2 years ago•9 min saved

"Human Rights Violations: Forced Evictions Plague DRC's Cobalt and Copper Mines"

The expansion of industrial-scale cobalt and copper mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has resulted in forced evictions, sexual assault, arson, and beatings, according to a report by Amnesty International and Initiative pour la Bonne Gouvernance et les Droits Humains (IBGDH). Multinational companies seeking to expand mining operations have forced communities from their homes and farmland, leading to grievous human rights abuses. The demand for cobalt and copper, essential for rechargeable batteries used in electric cars and mobile phones, has created a scramble for these metals, causing further exploitation and violations of human rights in the DRC.

via Amnesty International|

#cobalt-mining #copper-mining #democratic-republic-of-the-congo