Extracting the Andes - International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine
Planetary Mine: Territories of Extraction Under Late Capitalism by Martín Arboleda, London: Verso 2020. Narrowly winding down the coast of the Pacific Ocean, to the tip of South America, Chile is the biggest supplier of copper to the world market. Its Andean ranges also contain massive lithium deposits – the key ingredient in battery power. No lithium, no iPhone. Most mining takes place in the north of the country, in the region of the Atacama Desert, with the city of Antofagasta acting as the urban hub of export-oriented extractive activity. Copper gleaned from mines nearby constitute 30 ...
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