There are millions of end-of-life tires buried or piled high at mines around the world. A unique Canada-Japan joint venture is tackling this problem head-on in the heart of global copper mining.
"We're not looking at adding more development projects, but looking at mines that are in production that don't fit the criteria for some majors," CEO says.
A review of the mining code in January had shown that Mali, one of Africa's biggest gold producers, was not receiving a fair share of profits while granting too many tax breaks.