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vironmental authorisation and handed over a concession title to the Minera de Órgiva company for the mining of fluorite and galena at the Sierra de Gádor.

The territorial delegate declared that the entire process will have a minimal environmental impact on the municipality. The mining activities are expected to create at least 60 direct jobs and further indirect ones, to boost economic resources in the area.

Minería de Órgiva began preparing for the mining processes in 2020, to ensure that the necessary infrastructures were in place to revive the abandoned activity of mining.

ALMERIA has been selected as one of the 64 European cities that join the European Commission’s "Intelligent Cities Challenge / Reto de Ciudades Inteligentes" (ICC) initiative in the 2023­25 . The cities that will join the initiative include Spain, Greece, Italy, Romania, Ireland, Portugal, Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, the Netherlands, Croatia, Luxembourg, Finland, Hungary and Sweden. The initiative is a bid to promote a sustainable and digital transition.

The mayoress of Almeria, María del Mar Vázquez, says that initiative will support the chosen cities throughout “a green and digital transition of their local economies, using technology to boost their economic competitiveness, and improve the quality of life of their citizens".

12 of the selected cities are Spanish, and they will join the two­year program with high­level training, events, and knowledge exchanges to promote large­scale changes with the help of new technologies. The objective is to promote and accelerate the development of cities towards sustainable, smart and green future.

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