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To render mining valuable, time horizons must shift
The annual Mining Indaba in Cape Town this week again shines a spotlight on the importance of institutions and incentives if mining is to yield broad-based development across…
Putin’s war in Ukraine enriches some Africans
Miners of rare metals will score but the soaring oil price will result in various cost-of-living increases
The true cost of your new Christmas laptop
A campaign to clean up electronic companies’ mineral supply chains may ameliorate the chaos of ungovernable mining.
Global Witness condemns use of ‘conflict minerals’
The watchdog group Global Witness on Monday urged cellphone manufacturers to beware of "conflict minerals" being used in their products.