The Borehole That Built a Rocket

Tech Talks by Harvey Nash

Sep 15, 202600:23:18Business

Moletsane Mophethe grew up walking to boreholes for drinking water in Lesotho. Now he's founded Metal Morph, recovering critical minerals like aluminium and iron straight from wastewater instead of landfill, cutting reli...

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