Polkowice, Poland ¨C Thousands of meters beneath the ground, amid suffocating heat, lies one of the keys to Poland¡¯s rumbling mining sector ¡ª and the world economy.
Whitish ore, rich in copper and silver, is extracted from the country¡¯s depths and exported around the world to fuel technological and energy transitions.
¡°These are the metals of the future,¡± Ariel Wojciuszkiewicz, a geologist at the Polkowice-Sieroszowice mine in the west of the country, says, noting that copper and silver are ¡°indispensable for electronic equipment, electric cars, and renewable energy installations.¡±
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