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"The world is desperate for cobalt. It fuels the digital economy and powers everything from cell phones to clean energy. But this 'demon metal,' this 'blood mineral,' has a horrific present and troubled history. Then there is the town in northern Canada, also called Cobalt. It created a model of resource extraction a hundred years ago -- theft of Indigenous lands, rape of the earth, exploitation of workers, enormous wealth generation -- that has made Toronto the mining capital of the world and given the mining industry a blueprint for resource extraction that has been exported everywhere. Charlie Angus unearths the history of the town and shows how it contributed to Canada's mining dominance. He connects the town to present-day Congo, with its cobalt production and misery, to horrendous mining practices in South America and demonstrates that global mining is as Canadian as hockey."--… (plus d'informations)
Author Charlie Angus is a long-time Member of Parliament whose riding includes the northern Ontario town of Cobalt. Today, the world desperately needs the mineral cobalt for digital and green technologies. So, Mr. Angus takes us on a historic look at the troubled history of resource extraction in Canada, notably the theft and destruction of Aboriginal lands. He looks at the role of government in allowing mining companies operating freedom and low taxation rates, leading to Canada's rise as a mining superpower. He looks at the role of women, of immigrant workers and the early union movement. In these ways, he provides a more well-rounded picture of history.
In the last part of the book, he looks at how the world of mining would have to change in order to make a comeback that supports environmental and human interests in addition to economic ones.
The book is highly readable and thought provoking. ( )
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[Cobalt Ontario] resulted in so much lying, deceit, fraud, over-reaching ambition in such a Pandora's box of miseries, that it would almost have been better if the place had never been discovered. --Reverend Samuel Blake, 1911
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To the late Vivian Hylands, who welcomed our family into a Cobalt that was steeped in memory and lore. Lady Vivian swore she was going to be the first person to edit this text. She passed over to the other side before that could happen. This book is for her.
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The world is searching for cobalt, the miracle ingredient of the digital age.
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And this is where Cobalt may still have more to teach us.
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"The world is desperate for cobalt. It fuels the digital economy and powers everything from cell phones to clean energy. But this 'demon metal,' this 'blood mineral,' has a horrific present and troubled history. Then there is the town in northern Canada, also called Cobalt. It created a model of resource extraction a hundred years ago -- theft of Indigenous lands, rape of the earth, exploitation of workers, enormous wealth generation -- that has made Toronto the mining capital of the world and given the mining industry a blueprint for resource extraction that has been exported everywhere. Charlie Angus unearths the history of the town and shows how it contributed to Canada's mining dominance. He connects the town to present-day Congo, with its cobalt production and misery, to horrendous mining practices in South America and demonstrates that global mining is as Canadian as hockey."--
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In the last part of the book, he looks at how the world of mining would have to change in order to make a comeback that supports environmental and human interests in addition to economic ones.
The book is highly readable and thought provoking. (