{"id":15383,"date":"2024-08-02T11:38:52","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T09:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/02\/the-lawless-mining-gangs-targeting-the-amazons-precious-green-energy-minerals\/"},"modified":"2024-08-02T11:38:52","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T09:38:52","slug":"the-lawless-mining-gangs-targeting-the-amazons-precious-green-energy-minerals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/02\/the-lawless-mining-gangs-targeting-the-amazons-precious-green-energy-minerals\/","title":{"rendered":"The lawless mining gangs targeting the Amazon\u2019s precious green energy minerals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As demand for the tin ore cassiterite soars, special forces units of Brazil\u2019s Ibama environment agency must play a cat and mouse game with the thousands of illegal miners pouring into Yanomami reserves<\/p>\n<p>In the back yard of the federal police headquarters in Roraima, the northernmost state of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/brazil\">Brazil<\/a>, giant sacks lie strewn and overflowing with a jet-black, gravel-like mineral: cassiterite. Although less high-profile than other items seized during a crackdown on illegal mining in this Amazon state \u2013 including a Sikorsky S-76 helicopter painted in the colours of the Brazilian flag \u2013 cassiterite has become so sought-after that it is nicknamed \u201cblack gold\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Cassiterite is the chief ore of tin, a less heralded but critical mineral for the energy transition. It is used in coatings for solar panels, lithium-ion batteries and solder for electronics, including wind turbines, mobile phones, computers and industrial alloys.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/article\/2024\/aug\/02\/black-gold-cassiterite-mining-energy-transition-minerals-destroying-indigenous-yanomami-rainforest-ibama-environment\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/4f011a742f9bcd1af7bd03ca0691d9c0ba58a329\/478_676_5366_3220\/master\/5366.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=a916a3c73b38dcebdbba008407acefbc\" title=\"The lawless mining gangs targeting the Amazon\u2019s precious green energy minerals\" \/>As demand for the tin ore cassiterite soars, special forces units of Brazil\u2019s Ibama environment agency must play a cat and mouse game with the thousands of illegal miners pouring into Yanomami reserves<br \/>\nIn the back yard of the federal police headquarters in Roraima, the northernmost state of Brazil, giant sacks lie strewn and overflowing with a jet-black, gravel-like mineral: cassiterite. Although less high-profile than other items seized during a crackdown on illegal mining in this Amazon state \u2013 including a Sikorsky S-76 helicopter painted in the colours of the Brazilian flag \u2013 cassiterite has become so sought-after that it is nicknamed \u201cblack gold\u201d.<br \/>\nCassiterite is the chief ore of tin, a less heralded but critical mineral for the energy transition. It is used in coatings for solar panels, lithium-ion batteries and solder for electronics, including wind turbines, mobile phones, computers and industrial alloys. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As demand for the tin ore cassiterite soars, special forces units of Brazil\u2019s Ibama environment agency must play a cat and mouse game with the thousands of illegal miners pouring into Yanomami reserves In the back yard of the federal police headquarters in Roraima, the northernmost state of Brazil, giant sacks lie strewn and overflowing &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/02\/the-lawless-mining-gangs-targeting-the-amazons-precious-green-energy-minerals\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The lawless mining gangs targeting the Amazon\u2019s precious green energy minerals<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":15384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15383"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}