There are two kinds of people – those who invested in bitcoin early and have made a fortune; and those who wished they had....
1. It is Africa’s second-largest gold producer
In 2016, Ghana produced 90 tons of gold; only South Africa – with 140 tons – produced more...
1. It is the heaviest element in the universe
Uranium is heavy, and is nearly three times as dense as iron. This makes it atomically...
(1) Your friend phones you at midnight with car trouble. What do you do?
Go back to sleep
Send them a taxi service’s number
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1. It is a by-product of copper mining
You can’t mine cobalt; you can only get it as a by-product of copper mining. So, where...
1. It’s the world’s second-largest diamond producer
Botswana is the world’s second-largest producer of diamonds, after Russia. The country is forecast to produce 22 million...
Technology and innovation, along with the relentless search for new mineral deposits, are taking mining into unchartered waters. Quite literally, in this case, as...
This striking graph confirms what Zambians may have suspected, both intuitively and through personal experience – it’s mining that is the main driver of...
Asteroids are huge lumps of rock – some barely a few hundred metres in length – hurtling through space; and they are focusing minds...
1. It is very rich in minerals
The DRC has the largest reserves of coltan and is the biggest producer of the metal, which is...
