Africa: To Reach Net Zero the World Still Needs Mining. After 26 Years, Here's What I've Learned About This 'Evil' Industry

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Africa: To Reach Net Zero the World Still Needs Mining. After 26 Years, Here's What I've Learned About This 'Evil' Industry

[The Conversation Africa] On the wooded hill above the Stan Terg lead and zinc mine in Kosovo, there is an old concrete diving platform looming over what was once an open-air swimming pool. Before the break-up of Yugoslavia, people who worked at the mine would bring their families here to swim, sunbathe on the wide terrace with its view across the valley, and picnic among the trees. Now the pool is slowly disappearing into the forest, the view obscured by birch saplings.

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