Miners

Environment

Brazil’s last asbestos miners are switching to rare earth minerals. Can they offer a brighter future? | Brazil

Minaçu, a small city in inland Brazil and home to the only asbestos mine in the Americas, is set to…

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Environment

Gold mining suspended in Peru’s north after 13 miners killed | Peru

Peru’s president, Dina Boluarte, has suspended gold mining and announced a 12-hour curfew in Pataz, in the northern region, after…

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Health

Coal miners’ health care hit hard in job cuts to CDC : Shots

A NIOSH Black Lung surveillance van at the fire station in Wharton, W.Va. Howard Berkes / NPR hide caption toggle…

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