CBS BusinessWire reports: Bolivia Base Metals Mining Market, 2020 – Research and Markets Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Base Metals Mining in Bolivia to 2020” report to their offering. The ‘Base Metals Mining in Bolivia to 2020’ report comprehensively covers Bolivian reserves of base metals (zinc and lead), reserves by country,…
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History 101: how silver turned Potosí into ‘the first city of capitalism’
A great article regarding Potosi, by The Guardian: Story of cities #6: how silver turned Potosí into ‘the first city of capitalism’ The discovery of a mountain of silver (and a new way to extract it) transformed this remote Incan hamlet into the economic centre of Spain’s empire – larger than London, Milan or Seville….
Potosi, again is given a chance to fight pollution!!
Potosi has been created along with mining. Back when I was working for an international development organization, I had a peculiar disappointment. To make the story short, we proved those mining mills they were throwing to the river around $20K in bad mix of minerals, excessive use of chemicals to do the milling job and…
Mutun may not be only iron but gold and silver as well…
Last night Pagina Siete’s website reported about El Mutun, the largest iron concentration in the world, which is located near Puerto Suarez, border with Brazil. Currently an Indian Company, Jindal has been given the mining concession of half of El Mutun, there exists also a state company which is supposed to supervise ore concentrates exports until a foundry is built and steel…
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