Mining industry
Gold at any cost: Illegal mining in Peru | TechKnow
| Al Jazeera | For more than 50 million years, the Amazon rainforest has been a cradle of life. Its pristine forests, however, are increasingly under threat due to illegal gold mining. TechKnow’s Phil Torres heads to La Pampa, the…
- 2016
- Environmental Crime
Peru’s dirty gold
| Al Jazeera | The Amazon rainforest is home to 10 percent of the world’s known species, and its ancient trees remove millions of tons of carbondioxide per year from the atmosphere. Its pristine forests, however, are increasingly under threat….
- 2016
- Environmental Crime
The Cost of Cobalt
| Al Jazeera | In the Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), increasing numbers of babies are being born with horrific birth defects. Some of this, scientists say, is due to a huge surge in the…
- 2021
- Environmental Crime
Congo, My Precious. The Curse of the coltan mines in Congo
| RT Documentary | The Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa is one of the world’s most resource-rich countries. A wide range of rare minerals can be found here in abundance, all commanding high prices in world commodity markets. Diamonds…
- 2017
- Business ethics, Power abuse
Golden Gamble. Gold mining in the Philippines, a dirty business
| RT Documentary | – The use of child labour in the Philippine’s Paracale, or ‘Goldtown’, is widespread – Extracting gold involves diving into mud-filled shafts and using toxic mercury – Poverty and lack of alternative jobs force people into…
- 2017
- Business ethics
Burkina Faso is experiencing a gold rush
| Journeyman Pictures | For at nearly 50,000 euros per kilo, gold remains the eternal symbol of wealth. In Burkina Faso, artisanal mines are springing up to take advantage of this gold rush. With children as young as 11 working…
- 2021
- Business ethics
The price of gold: Chinese mining in Ghana
| The Guardian | Ghana has had a gold rush but here, Afua Hirsch discovers how Chinese immigrants are profiting from industrialising the country’s small-scale mining industry. She sees for herself that, for the many locals who chance losing life…
- 2013
- Business ethics
The Money Stone: Underground with a child gold miner in Ghana
| BBC | Alongside the vast gold fields of Ghana are thousands of illegal mines or galamsey, where unskilled miners dream of hitting the big time. These mines rely mainly on children who abandon an education in an attempt to…
- 2020
- Business ethics
Bloedmineralen, de talkroute
| BNN VARA | Sinan Can volgt in Afghanistan de route van het mineraal talk. Hij ontdekt dat consumenten onbedoeld terrorisme financieren. Sinan Can volgt in Afghanistan de route van het mineraal talk. Hij ontdekt iets waar consumenten geen idee…