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From copper to cricket: How the British shaped life around Huelva’s Rio Tinto mines

For more than 5,000 years, this has been one of the world’s most remarkable mining regions, exploited by Tartessians, Romans and Moors alike.

Laurence Dollimore
Deep in the rugged hills of Huelva, Andalucia, the landscape is unlike anywhere else in Spain. The water of the Rio Tinto river runs red with iron, while the surrounding earth is scarred by centuries of extraction. For more than 5,000 years,

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ByLaurence Dollimore
Laurence Dollimore has been covering news in Spain for almost a decade. The London-born expat is NCTJ-trained and has a Gold Star Diploma in Multimedia Journalism from the prestigious News Associates. Laurence has reported from Spain for some of the UK's biggest titles, including MailOnline, The Telegraph, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, The Sun and the Sun Online. He also has a Master's Degree in International Relations from Queen Mary University London.
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