
Cassiterides, the legendary “tin islands”
Tin is mined today at the Panasqueira and Neves Corvo mines.
Tin is mined today at the Panasqueira and Neves Corvo mines.
Strike called to demand “a salary increase of never less than 100 euros retroactive to January 2023”
Multinational Lundin Mining granted this year “a raise of just 2% or 36 euros” to workers
In these mines, considered the largest in Europe, around 2000 people work
Arsenic and other elements are released into soil, water and atmosphere in mining areas
Deadly victim was a 'contractor's worker'
Mine operated by SOMINCOR is the main employer in the region
The operation of Mine de Neves-Corvo belongs to the Portuguese subsidiary of Lundin Mining, Somincor
The death of Filipe Venâncio is causing great consternation in Almodôvar
Filipe Venâncio, 43 years old, Shift Manager, was born in Almodôvar
Digital platform allows “commercial activity to stop being just physical”