Cobalt: Cradle of the Demon Metals, Birth of a Mining Superpower by Angus, Charlie

Cobalt: Cradle of the Demon Metals, Birth of a Mining Superpower

The world is desperate for cobalt. It drives the proliferation of digital and clean technologies. But this...
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Author: Charlie Angus
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Cobalt: Cradle of the Demon Metals, Birth of a Mining Superpower by Angus, Charlie

Cobalt: Cradle of the Demon Metals, Birth of a Mining Superpower

€28,68

Cobalt: Cradle of the Demon Metals, Birth of a Mining Superpower

€28,68
Author: Charlie Angus
Format: Paperback
Language: English

The world is desperate for cobalt. It drives the proliferation of digital and clean technologies. But this "demon metal" has a horrific present and a troubled history.

The modern search for cobalt has brought investors back to a small town in Northern Canada, a place called Cobalt. Like the demon metal, this town has a dark and turbulent history.

The tale of the early-twentieth-century mining rush at Cobalt has been told as a settler's adventure, but Indigenous people had already been trading in metals from the region for two thousand years. And the events that happened here -- the theft of Indigenous lands, the exploitation of a multicultural workforce, and the destruction of the natural environment -- established a template for resource extraction that has been exported around the world.

Charlie Angus reframes the complex and intersectional history of Cobalt within a broader international frame -- from the conquistadores to the Western gold rush to the struggles in the Democratic Republic of Congo today. He demonstrates how Cobalt set Canada on its path to become the world's dominant mining superpower.



Author: Charlie Angus
Publisher: House of Anansi Press
Published: 02/01/2022
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781487009496


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 12/01/2021 pg. 14
Publishers Weekly 12/06/2021

About the Author
Angus, Charlie: - CHARLIE ANGUS has been the Member of Parliament for Timmins-James Bay since 2004. He is the author of eight books about the North, Indigenous issues, and mining culture, including the award-winning Children of the Broken Treaty. He is also the lead singer of the Juno-nominated alt country band Grievous Angels. Charlie and his wife, author Brit Griffin, raised their three daughters at an abandoned mine site in Cobalt, Ontario, that looks like a Crusader castle.

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