Richard Du Toit / Aerial view of residues dumped from a metal mine, Johannesburg, South Africa, April 2009
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Philippe Clement / Water in the abandoned red marble quarry of Carriere de Beauchateau in the Belgian Ardennes, Belgium, August 2012
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Pete Oxford / Gold for sale panned from Tambopata river, Amazonia, Peru
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Luiz Claudio Marigo / Exploding rock while mining for gold, Fazenda Brasileiro, Bahia, Brazil Vale do Rio Doce company
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John Cancalosi / Coal mining, Lightening Ridge, New South Wales, Australia
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Pete Oxford / Panning for gold and finding a gold nugget. This mining is now illegal as it takes place in the protected forest of Daraina which is the habitat for the Golden-crowned / Tattersall's sifaka (Propithec...
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Roy Mangersnes / Buidling remains from mining activities in northern Norway, Troms. July
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Rhonda Klevansky / Mounds of salt, mined from the salt pans of Salar Uyun,i the worlds biggest salt pan, Bolivan Altiplano, Bolivia. February 2009.
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Ross Hoddinott / Towanroath Engine House from the old tin mines, Wheal Coates, near St Agnes, Cornwall, UK. July 2008.
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Eric Baccega / Miner with hands full of coltan metallic ore, Muhanga coltan mines, Rwanda, Africa, March 2009
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Rhonda Klevansky / Workers mining salt from Salar Uyuni, the worlds biggest salt pan. Bolivan Altiplano, Bolivia. February 2009.
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Rhonda Klevansky / Workers mining salt from Salar Uyuni, the worlds biggest salt pan. Bolivan Altiplano, Bolivia. February 2009.