A fortnight ago, international news agencies circulated a story of a mountain that collapsed in the DR Congo region of Katanga revealed tons of copper, a mineral currently in acute demand as, alongside rare earth metals, makes transition from fuel to electric powered motor transport possible.
And the story went mute, even before we were told the name of the miracle mountain. (At least when a Ugandan garbage mountain collapsed near Kampala killing scores earlier everyone got to know it was called Kiteezi).
