Global Rush for Copper Hits the Amazon
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Wealthy nations’ surging appetite for metals has fueled a flurry of plans to mine in wilderness around the world, including on the edge of the Amazon Basin. Story by Dylan Baddour, photos by Tom Laffay MOCOA, Colombia—This isn’t the first time foreigners have shown up here, where the Andes Mountains meet the Amazon rainforest, insisting […]