Mining
The Devastating Costs of the Amazon Gold Rush
Spurred by rising global demand for the metal, miners are destroying invaluable rainforest in Peru's Amazon basin
February 2012 |
By Donovan Webster
Mining the Mountains
Explosives and giant machines are destroying Appalachian peaks to obtain coal. In a tiny West Virginia town, residents and the industry fight over a mountain's fate
January 2009 |
By John McQuaid
Fire and Brimstone
A long-outdated approach to sulfur mining sends hundreds of Javanese workers deep into the crater of an active volcano
December 2001 |
By John F. Ross
Turning Water to Gold
Confronted with a hill full of gold, miners removed the hill and the gold and left a mess behind
August 1999 |
By Edwin Kiester, Jr
