Pitfall : the race to mine the world's most vulnerable places

Pollon, Christopher (author.). David Suzuki Institute, (publisher.).

Summary: "Pitfall is the compelling story of the quest to exploit the metals our civilization needs--and at what cost to local people and their environments. Beginning with the first waves of big, foreign-owned mines in the 1960s, investigative journalist Christopher Pollon shows how transnational companies rose to dominate copper, precious metals, and lithium in Latin America, made inroads into war-torn countries in Africa, and exploited nickel, industrial metals, and rare earth metals across Asia and Oceania. If we cannot change our course, Pollon argues, we are condemned to mine deeper and darker places, including the depths of the ocean, sacrifice zones, and near-earth asteroids. This disturbing vision of the future also includes robotic mines without workers and social license--unless we act now. Published in Partnership with the David Suzuki Institute." --

Record details

ISBN: 9781771649124
Physical Description: 287 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
regular print
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Publisher: Vancouver : David Suzuki Institute/Greystone Books, [2023]
Copyright: ©2023
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Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Map -- Introduction -- Founding sacrifice zones -- The richest island on earth -- Nice people behaving badly -- The plunder of inner Mongolia -- Business as usual -- Chasing white gold -- High and dry in the Andes -- A new scramble for Africa -- Where do we go from here? -- Tailings and trade-offs -- Ever deeper, ever darker -- Feeding the monster -- Afterword.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Issued also in electronic format.