1368 records matched your query
02378aam a2200373 i 4500 001 E34C6238CD0111ECB5E908A224ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220506010041 008 210420s2022 oncab b 000 0 eng 020 $a 1487009496 020 $a 9781487009496 035 $a (OCoLC)1246625552 040 $a NLC $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d CNNWP $d NLC $d IHY $d OCLCF $d UAP $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a lac 043 $a n-cn--- $a n-cn--- 050 4 $a HD9506 C23 C63 2022 084 $a cci1icc $2 lacc 100 1 $a Angus, Charlie, $d 1962- $e author. 245 10 $a Cobalt : $b cradle of the demon metals, birth of a mining superpower / $c Charlie Angus. 264 1 $a [Toronto, ON] : $b House of Anansi Press Inc., $c 2022. 300 $a xv, 319 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 22 cm 500 $a Place of publication from publisher's website. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-317). 520 $a "The world is desperate for cobalt. It fuels the digital economy and powers everything from cell phones to clean energy. But this 'demon metal,' this 'blood mineral,' has a horrific present and troubled history. Then there is the town in northern Canada, also called Cobalt. It created a model of resource extraction a hundred years ago -- theft of Indigenous lands, rape of the earth, exploitation of workers, enormous wealth generation -- that has made Toronto the mining capital of the world and given the mining industry a blueprint for resource extraction that has been exported everywhere. Charlie Angus unearths the history of the town and shows how it contributed to Canada's mining dominance. He connects the town to present-day Congo, with its cobalt production and misery, to horrendous mining practices in South America and demonstrates that global mining is as Canadian as hockey."-- $c Provided by publisher. 530 $a Issued also in electronic format. 650 0 $a Mineral industries $z Cobalt $z Cobalt $x History. 650 0 $a Mineral industries $z Canada. 650 0 $a Cobalt mines and mining. 651 0 $a Cobalt (Ont.) $x History. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Angus, Charlie, 1962- $t Cobalt. $d Toronto : Anansi, 2022 $z 9781487009502 $z 9781487009502 $w (OCoLC)1262993127 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20221005020156.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E34C6238CD0111ECB5E908A224ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search