Gates, Bezos-backed KoBold Metals to build copper mine in Zambia within 10 years
The California-based firm is spending about $150 million to speed up additional exploration at its Mingomba project.
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Interventions against illegal mining have a spillover effect on legal mining areas – study
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LG Chem with Huayou to make battery materials in Indonesia, Morocco
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Photojournalist Louie Palu lends a human perspective to Canadian hard-rock mining in new exhibit
Visiting more than 100 active, abandoned and closed mines in places such as Cobalt, Ont., and Val-d’Or, Que. – Palu developed a holistic picture of mining that includes the work, the workplaces and the workers, as well as their communities.
