Is there a movie about "Blood Copper" on the horizon? "On average, an internal combustion engine uses 55 pounds of copper. A hybrid uses about 110 pounds and an EV uses 165 pounds." katusaresearch.com/believe-im-rig…
2014: “Promoting a stock is like making a movie,” Friedland once said. “You’ve got to have stars, props, and a good script.” proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news…
2019: “Every time I go and see him I first zip my pocket,” says Pierre Lassonde, a Canadian mining veteran" ft.com/content/2f170b…
Oooh. Look. CITIC, China, Friedland and Dan Gertler. "By setting up new secret companies and hiring legal advisors close to Donald Trump, the Israeli billionaire plans to counter US penalties" africa-confidential.com:1070/article-previe…
"The sanctions had been introduced for his allegedly corrupt relationship with DR Congo's former President Joseph Kabila, helping him make a vast fortune from copper and cobalt deals in the country, something both men deny" bbc.com/news/world-afr…
2021: "In addition to Gertler and Deboutte, a total of 35 companies sanctioned in two waves...including Fleurette Properties, Oil of DR Congo and Moku Mines d’Or SA – are again allowed to carry out transactions with firms based in the US." theafricareport.com/61491/drc-a-fi…
What happened? “Gertler is an international businessman and billionaire who has amassed his fortune through hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of opaque and corrupt mining and oil deals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,” nytimes.com/2021/01/24/us/…
How did corrupt copper suddenly become clean copper? thesentry.org/2021/01/24/524…
Let's not forget that DRC was also Zaire but was also the Belgian Congo. Once the private property of King Leopold. A place that has inspired one of the greatest allegory for man's descent into corruption and savagery. globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/o…
A Russia/Ukraine/Polish sailor named Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski captained a steamer up the Congo in 1890 and wrote a short novella on his experiences. The book captures outsiders greed for natural resources and the deadly impact on the locals. theguardian.com/books/booksblo…
Conrad's steamship was the "Roi De Belges". Also the name for a luxury car also called a double phaeton. Leopold's mistress Cléo de Mérode came up with the pretentious design in 1901. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was riding in one when he was murdered. bestride.com/news/entertain…
Leopold's private park was eventually taken over by the Belgian government. In their insatiable need to have rubber. Rubber would be the miracle ingredient that would make cars ride smoothly. It didn't matter how the locals were dealt with. bbc.com/news/business-…
I was in a war over copper. Bougainvilleans started a revolution when they saw the vast open pit and the green poison that flowed out of Panguna. They said the miners were stealing their mother. An extraordinary experience. Complete with smoking volcano. ejatlas.org/conflict/rio-t…
The exploitation of copper, rare earth minerals (REES) cobalt (coltan) are intertwined in the Congo. Ideally the money will flow, locals will benefit and conditions will improve. Stop me if you heard this one before. hrw.org/news/2020/06/1…
Congo, copper and coltan attract a certain type of investor. This guy wants to "end cobalt’s status as a “conflict mineral” in Congo, and his plans included regular jobs and incomes for artisanal miners who toil in in horrific conditions, in “loincloth,” foreignpolicy.com/2019/01/25/fro…
I used to explore for copper up in the mountains and I was able to what nature looks like before the massive trucks begin removing the earth. So remember when you buy your eco-friendly electric car that this is part of the deal with the devil. blog.iseekplant.com.au/blog/5-largest…
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