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Peter Harvey: Mine Closure and the True Cost of Metals
Mine Closure and the True Cost of Metals
Mine closure is one of the biggest unsolved challenges in responsible mining, and Peter Harvey has spent the last seven years at the heart of it. His route was unusual: environmental science, then outdoor education for young people excluded from school (companies he still directs), a master's in occupational psychology, and a decade enabling mineral exploration across West Africa, Asia and beyond, before seventeen years at Rio Tinto spanning exploration, operations and closure.
His argument cuts to the core of sustainable mining: the true cost of…
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