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[https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/chiles-parched-mines-race-an-increasingly-scarce-commodity-water-2022-05-06/ by Fabian Cambero 6/5/22 Reuters] | [https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/chiles-parched-mines-race-an-increasingly-scarce-commodity-water-2022-05-06/ by Fabian Cambero 6/5/22 Reuters] | ||
SANTIAGO, May 6 (Reuters) - A record-breaking drought in Chile is impacting mining operations and forcing companies to escalate their search for more sources of water, from water treatment and pricey desalination plants to even encouraging workers to use less water in the shower. | SANTIAGO, May 6 (Reuters) - A record-breaking drought in Chile is impacting mining operations and forcing companies to escalate their search for more sources of water, from water treatment and pricey desalination plants to even encouraging workers to use less water in the shower. | ||
=====The cobalt mining industry is a human rights failure - here's what needs to be done===== | |||
[https://www.weforum.org/stories/2020/01/how-to-secure-clean-cobalt/ by Anna Pienaar 10/1/20 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM] | |||
The wealth of companies purchasing cobalt for use in everything from mobile phones to cars and the wretchedness of those who pick it from the ground with their bare hands, in some cases at the risk of death is a global public scandal. | |||
