Description

• A global exposé of the business of mining—a flashpoint for crucial questions around climate change, the clean energy transition, environmental protection, and Indigenous rights.

• Author takes an insightful and fair approach that acknowledges realities and trade-offs—not a defense of mining or an anti-mining screed, it can be read by everyone from environmental activists to those in the mining business.

• Told through engaging storytelling; a rare book on the subject written for general readers, not experts (most books about mining are academic or technical).

• Author has reported on mining for decades. He has doggedly covered the global mining beat for most of his career.