Mining
Crossing Continents. Indonesia's Mercury Menace. Audio, 28 minutes
How mercury poisoning is threatening the health of Indonesian gold miners.
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Crossing Continents. Gold and Governance in Romania. Audio, 28 minutes
Tessa Dunlop investigates why a plan for a massive gold mine is dividing Romania.
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Costing the Earth. Gold of the Conquistadors. Audio, 30 minutes
Mining is booming in South America. That's bad news for the environment.
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Four Thought. Series 2, Johann Hari: Dying for a New Phone. Audio, 15 minutes
Johann Hari argues that our demand for gadgets has helped to drive the war in the Congo.
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File on 4. Illegal Gold Mining. Audio, 40 minutes
Jenny Cuffe reports from DR Congo on the scale of illegal gold mining.
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Living Conditions. Mining. Audio, 13 minutes
Mining is one of the least sustainable human enterprises
- Attribution³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ World Service
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The Works. Mining- Digging Deep. Audio, 24 minutes
Is economics driving companies to dig deeper? An examination of mining
- Attribution³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ World Service
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Block On Block. The Tunnel. Audio, 28 minutes
Going underground to see how tunnels are constructed
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Global Concerns. Pollution in the Andes. Audio, 14 minutes
Pollution and waste from the El Porco mine contaminated rivers when a dam disintegrated
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Global Concerns. The Antarctic. Audio, 14 minutes
Can one of the planet's last great wildernesses be kept clean for future generations?
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Global Concerns. Impact of Commercial Mining on the Environment. Audio, 14 minutes
How has the rapid expansion of mining companies happened?
- Attribution³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ World Service
- Available for over a year
Global Concerns. China's Industrialisation. Audio, 14 minutes
The conflict for land for industry and land for food around Shanghai
- Attribution³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ World Service
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Global Concerns. Gold Mining in the Amazon. Audio, 14 minutes
How using mercury to mine gold is affecting the people and wildlife of the Amazon basin
- Attribution³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ World Service
- Available for over a year