In Bolivia’s silver mountain, artisanal miners turn to coca and the devil
They live off what they earn from the scraps of silver they find in Cerro Rico, which is slowly sinking and collapsing onto itself.
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Glencore bribery cases draw in billionaire former executives
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Contaminants affect invertebrates years after Mount Polley mine disaster
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Two more miners found dead in flooded Burkina Faso mine
The dead bodies of two more missing miners have been found at a zinc mine owned by Trevali Mining in Burkina Faso.
