Twelve workers killed in Pakistan coal mine explosion

[ad_1] Unions point to hazardous working conditions as major cause of accidents in resource-rich Balochistan.At least 12 miners have been killed in a gas explosion at a coalpit in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan. The explosion at the private pit...

Surviving the white gold rush – life in South America’s ‘lithium triangle’

[ad_1] Calcha K, Bolivia - Teófila Cayo Calcina, 56, stands among her rows of quinoa plants, pointing towards the horizon. "The lithium plant is 50km in that direction. We are worried that the mining could leave us with not enough...