Europe Is Embarking on a Mining Renaissance. Winning Over Locals Is Proving a Challenge.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : The situation in Europe and the U.S. is strikingly similar, according to Jayni Hein, of counsel at law firm Covington & Burling and former senior director for clean energy, infrastructure and the National Environmental Policy Act at the White House Council on Environmental Quality.
56% : For Savannah Resources, mining in the Portuguese hills for spodumene, the base rock recovered for lithium extraction, has become more attractive since the government updated its mining laws in 2021 to be more open to exploitation.
55% : "There are minerals that are needed with the new green transition, resources that you did not need or have any use for before, which are now important for society, for nations, to have.
53% : Polfjärd said that in Europe, attitudes in governments are starting to shift toward mining, adding that it is up to those lawmakers to help explain the benefits and need for exploiting mineral resources at home.
33% : She said a lack of staff with field knowledge has been an issue as well as negative attitudes toward mining in general.

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