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Open-pit mines are planned for Portugal’s northern region, worrying locals who say their livelihoods are at risk.

Lithium Mining: With more than 60,000 metric tons of known lithium reserves, Portugal is Europes biggest lithium producer, but its miners sell almost exclusively to the ceramics industry.

By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - A municipality in a lithium-rich area of northern Portugal said on Thursday it would file a lawsuit next week to ...

The Barroso project could become the largest lithium mine in Europe. Locals aren't happy about it.

The Boticas City Council, on 2 February, called on the population for restraint and rational consumption of water, after "worrying signs" of drought in the...

Nestled in a remote valley of Northern Portugal, the peaceful village of Covas do Barroso is at the centre of a conflict, pitting a mining company against the local community, which could have wider social and environmental ramifications for the European Union’s energy transition towards carbon neutrality. At first sight, nothing really distinguishes this hamlet from the thousands of other villages found across Southern Europe, where a massive rural exodus has resulted in quiet empty streets ...