A Conflict in Chile Over Rare Earth Minerals

A mining venture that improves the environment? That’s the image Aclara Resources, a Peruvian mining company seeking to extract rare earth elements in the BioBio region of Chile, tries to project. Highlighting that the minerals will go into such clean-energy mainstays as wind turbines and electric cars, the company publicizes itself as fighting climate change by advancing a green More

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