Elon Musk is going to have a hard time finding clean nickel
Recent accidents suggest the industry will struggle to meet Musk’s request for a large quantity of the metal produced in an “environmentally sensitive” way.
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Making mining employment less challenging
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Workers bar access to Freeport Indonesia’s Grasberg mine
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