This Rare Earth, 9781550656794
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Unseen costs of progress: conflict, mining, and our technological addictions.
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This Rare Earth

building the dams, mines and megaprojects that run our world

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  • Paperback

    230 pages

  • Release Date

    1 January 2026

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Summary

This Rare Earth: Confessions of a Mining Engineer

This Rare Earth is a graphic account of twenty-five years working for some of the largest mining and engineering companies in the world. Much of this work was conducted in conflict zones where Jeremy Gilmer supervised the construction of dams, mine tailings structures, and oil and gas facilities. Through personal stories and detailed observations, he brings to life the daily realities of those caught in the …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781550656794
ISBN-10:1550656791
Author:Jeremy Thomas Gilmer
Publisher:Vehicule Press
Imprint:Vehicule Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:230
Release Date:1 January 2026
Weight:318g
Dimensions:190mm x 127mm
About The Author

Jeremy Thomas Gilmer

Jeremy Thomas Gilmer is a writer of short fiction and nonfiction. He has been longlisted for the CBC Canada Writes Short Story Prize, won the inaugural Short Story Day Africa Flash Fiction Prize, and was selected as the writer-in-residence at the KiRA residency in 2018. Gilmer grew up in Nigeria, Northern Ireland, and Canada, and has lived and worked in over forty countries. He lives in Saint John, New Brunswick.

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