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In Africa, the Race for Critical Minerals Is Recreating Colonial Models
This will be landlocked Burundi's first railway, and its primary use will be exporting minerals, specifically nickel. At a ...
South Africa grapples with declining mining and manufacturing outputs as economic challenges intensify
South Africa's economic challenges deepen as both mining and manufacturing sectors record significant declines in January ...
Moving graves and people for coal mines: the devastating costs of mining in South Africa
Open-cast mining, where coal is dug out of the ground through a giant, open pit, destroys habitats. South Africa has many of ...
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South Africa: Moving Graves and People for Coal Mines - the Devastating Costs of Mining in South Africa
About 80% of South Africa's electricity still comes from burning coal. The country's 108 coal mines have resulted in many communities being forced off their land from the 1970s to date.