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