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Stories, essays and notes on mining, institutions and the people who shape them.
Nov 6
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MIH Story 95: Lubambe Copper Mine, Zambia
The concentrator started two months early. Thirteen years later, JCHX reported break-even.
Nov 5
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Kevin Lester
MIH Story 94: Gold before the Rand
From Cape Town and Knysna, through Tati, to Langlaagte
Nov 3
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Kevin Lester
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MIH Story 93: Ancient Gold, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Mozambique
Before Johannesburg, the gold road ran east
Nov 3
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Kevin Lester
October 2026
MIH Story 92: Sicomines Copper Mine, DRC
Can Mining Help Build a Country?
Oct 29
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Kevin Lester
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MIH Story 91: Rand Refinery, South Africa
The refinery South Africa’s mines built for themselves
Oct 27
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Kevin Lester
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MIH Story 90: Kisanfu Copper-Cobalt Mine, DRC
One deposit. Two different portfolio decisions.
Oct 22
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Kevin Lester
MIH Story 89: Crown Mines, South Africa
The strange afterlives of a Johannesburg gold mine
Oct 20
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Kevin Lester
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MIH Story 88: Additional Mining Story - South Africa's Forgotten Tin, South Africa
From Cape Town's old workings to Rooiberg's precolonial smelters
Oct 17
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Kevin Lester
MIH Story 87: The Historical Copper Mine at Okiep, South Africa: Newmont Rebuilding a District
An additional South African Copper Story
Oct 16
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Kevin Lester
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MIH Story 86: Messina Copper Mine, Musina South Africa
The Town Recovered Its Name
Oct 16
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Kevin Lester
MIH Story 85: Transport Logistics, Connecting Okiep to Port Nolloth, South Africa
Namaqualand’s Copper logistics
Oct 16
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Kevin Lester
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