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In Zimbabwe, rolling blackouts hobble mining goals

by ish Mafundikwa
Apr 5, 2023
The country has an ambitious goal to reach $12 billion in mining exports in 2023, but industry leaders say they can't get ahead without reliable electricity.
Zimbabwe has the largest African lithium deposits, a mineral crucial to electric vehicle batteries. Above, workers inspect an open cast lithium mine in Goromonzi, Zimbabwe.
Tafadzwa Ufumeli/Getty Images
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The tech economy needs minerals and metals, and Afghanistan has got a lot of them

by Kai Ryssdal and Anais Amin
Sep 3, 2021
Journalist and book author Guillaume Pitron explains the barriers to getting those minerals out of the ground and putting them to use.
A copper and cobalt mine in Kolwezi in the Democratic republic of Congo in 2018.
Samir Tounsi/AFP via Getty Images
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A "new" periodic table shows Earth’s rapidly diminishing elements

by Anu Anand
Jan 24, 2019
A new chart shows elements sorted by quantities left on earth rather than weight.
A "new" periodic table of elements based on how much of the element is left on Earth.
European Chemical Society
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Homeowners get rude awakening on ‘mineral rights’

by Dan Weissmann
Sep 19, 2014
If someone owns oil or gas beneath your home, they might displace you to get it.
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Codebreaker

US rare earth mine to reopen

by John Moe
Dec 27, 2010
A huge pit in the Mojave Desert holds the largest collection of rare earth minerals outside of China. It was shut down years ago due to...
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