Rush for rare metals heating up amid climate change

Rush for rare metals heating up amid climate change

RUSTENBURG, South Africa - Workers operate excavating machines at a platinum mine in November 2009 near Rustenburg, some 160 kilometers from Johannesburg, where underground pits spread like an ant nest. (Kyodo)

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