Why Most of Earth’s Mining Companies Headquarter in Canada

Nowhere is more open to their environmental destruction and flouting of human rights.

Image by Tuna Ölger from Pixaba, maple leaf added by author

Mining is one of humanity’s oldest activities. Radiocarbon dating tells us mining activity at the Ngwenya Mine in Swaziland was already taking place 42,000 years ago, making mining roughly twice as old as even agriculture…