FILE PHOTO: Jose Rinaldo Januario shows a damage in his house linked to rock salt mining by the petrochemical company Braskem in Maceio SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Petrochemical firm Braskem and 19 people ...

FILE PHOTO: A view of an area where houses were removed after Maceio's city Civil Defense Office warned that Braskem salt mine is at imminent risk of collapse, in Maceio SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil's ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's federal police said on Friday that 20 people have been formally accused following an investigation into a sinking ground disaster related to salt mining activities in ...

Clean energy technologies, like EVs and renewables, depend on lithium. Unfortunately, the current lithium extraction methods are environmentally damaging. They scar landscapes, consume vast amounts of ...