Red Fever: Natural Resource Companies and the Global Copper Mining Frontier 1890–1939

Declercq, Robrecht

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-15322-9_8

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“…Verbrugge & Geenen (2019) have argued that the global gold mining industry has tried to overcome a wide range of socio-ecological and socio-political limitations by expanding into new mining destinations (‘widening’), but also by intensifying appropriation of ecological surplus through various social and technological innovations (‘deepening’). Declercq (2019), while not explicitly mentioning artisanal mining, has used Moore's work on the ‘commodity frontier’ to gain a deeper understanding of the so-called ‘red fever’, a period of rapid global expansion of copper production between 1890 and 1939 caused by the large-scale application of electrification.…”

Section: Spatial Perspectives On Miningmentioning

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Why time matters for understanding the ASM-LSM nexus in south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Cuvelier¹

2023

J. Mod. Afr. Stud.

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This article highlights the importance of studying the politics of time in the copper and cobalt mining sector of south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where a tense coexistence can be observed between artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) and large-scale mining (LSM). It is argued that inequality in ASM-LSM settings not only manifests itself spatially but also temporally. Faced with an uncertain future, ASM and LSM actors do not have the same capacity to control time and plan their futures. Drawing on data from several rounds of ethnographic fieldwork in Katanga's mining areas between 2005 and 2022, the article advocates an approach which pays more attention to issues of time and temporality in places where large-scale forms of mineral extraction clash with small-scale ones.

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Section: Spatial Perspectives On Miningmentioning

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Why time matters for understanding the ASM-LSM nexus in south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Cuvelier¹

2023

J. Mod. Afr. Stud.

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“…Wide adoption of L-SX-EW in Central Africa could easily have pre-dated that in Chile, but for political upheaval in the region in the 1970s (Declercq, 2022). Tenke Fungurume (TFM) epitomises early potential challenges and rewards of operating in this region.…”

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Copper solvent extraction on the African Copperbelt: From historic origins to world-leading status

Tinkler,

Sole

2023

J. S. Afr. Inst. Min. Metall.

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Approximately 20% of current world copper cathode output is produced using a hydrometallurgical process route, generally referred to as the leach-solvent extraction-electrowinning flowsheet. Since its commercialization in the late 1960s, steady improvements in the performance and efficiency of the solvent-extraction reagents and equipment, combined with significant developments in leaching and electrowinning, have made an ever-widening range of ore types amenable to this technology. Following successful implementation on all major continents, a large proportion of growth in recent years derives from the re-emergence of copper solvent extraction in the Central African Copperbelt. This review provides a brief history of the development and evolution of copper solvent extractants and mixer-settler contactors, and the significance of the Copperbelt region in achieving commercialization and acceptance of the technology. The opportunities and challenges presented by the abundant high-grade oxide ores of the Copperbelt are contrasted with the processing of solutions derived from the low-grade mixed oxide-sulfide ore bodies that are prevalent in other geological regions. The current status of hydrometallurgical copper production in the African Copperbelt, within a global context, and a medium-term outlook for the technology are discussed.

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Copper Prices and Heterogeneity: The Chilean and Norwegian Cases, 1850–1913

Ducoing

Badia-Miró

Carreras

2021

Palgrave Studies in Economic History

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Red Fever: Natural Resource Companies and the Global Copper Mining Frontier 1890–1939

Cited by 4 publications

References 17 publications

Why time matters for understanding the ASM-LSM nexus in south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Why time matters for understanding the ASM-LSM nexus in south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Copper solvent extraction on the African Copperbelt: From historic origins to world-leading status

Copper Prices and Heterogeneity: The Chilean and Norwegian Cases, 1850–1913

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