Across the continent, hazardous wastes generated by ASGM processes are often poorly managed. Tailings with residual Hg and other PTEs; exhausted wastes from cyanidation plants; dust laden with SiO2and other PTEs from ore crushers, inside mine shafts and tunnels; and wastewater and gases, including...
Kalgoorlie-Boulder, city, south-central Western Australia. Formed by the administrative merger of the neighbouring towns of Boulder and Kalgoorlie in 1989, it is the principal settlement of the East Coolgardie goldfield, on the western fringe of the Null
However, if you are concerned about COVID safety...it’s a mask optional place. More importantly, the tour of the mine shaft puts you in very close proximity, including packing into an elevator while the guide continues to talk and share about how packed the minors were...
The California Gold Rush changed the country forever. 300,000 people came from across the US and every corner of the world to strike it rich. Dozens of towns sprang up overnight in what was once the backwaters of Mexico, sparsely populated with Native Americans. While the 1849 Gold Rush h...
Located in New England and the Northeast, Stop & Shop traces its roots to the Rabinovitz family, who opened their Economy Grocery Store in Somerville, Massachusetts, in 1914. The company's early stores were pioneers in self-service, and its name became Stop & Shop in 1947. Today, its par...
By 1911, Martha was New Zealand’s biggest gold mine and the nearby miners’ town of Waihi, population 6500, the largest town in the region. Four decades later, Martha’s production, after the processing of nearly 11 million t of underground ore, totalled some 5 million oz (155 t) of ...
Urinary mercury concentrations were 320–1660 μg/L among amalgam smelters, 79–200 μg/L among people living close to gold shops, 8–37 μg/L among workers and residents in the mining area, and 5–10 μg/L in people living in Chaparra and Tulin, artisanal mining towns in Peru, while...
Until the early 1990s, those who were critical of the South African gold mines found little support. By 1920, the Chamber had fashioned a medical orthodoxy which held that tuberculosis was brought to the mines by recruits, a position from which the indus
Although in the early stages of rate increases, the spate of banking crises shocked bankers and the continuation dooms us to another sharp rise in debt as far as the eye can see. Only weeks after a new debt limit, the national debt topped $32 trillion. The non-partisan Congressional ...
outside of protected land like Corcovado National Park. With little left to mine, towns like Dos Brazos eventually shrunk from a population of several thousand to just a few hundred. Many of the families who stayed entered the national park illegally, both to mine for gold and to supplement ...