You are here: Homepage Tag Gold Articles Peruvians at Laguna Azul Photo: Eva Tempelmann Raw materials | Peru You can’t drink gold In the Andes, water is a scarce resource. But gold mines in the region require enormous amounts of water and pollute their environment. Their owners do not seem to care By Máxima Acuña de Chaupe 07/01/2022 Workers drilling in search of gold Photo: Graeme Williams / South Photos / Africa Media Online / laif Life underground | South Africa Digging for gold: “The anxiety is always there” Four kilometres below the earth’s surface lies the deepest mine in the world. A worker tells of his day-to-day life in South Africa’s Mponeng gold mine By Luthando Mampintsha 01/07/2022
Peruvians at Laguna Azul Photo: Eva Tempelmann Raw materials | Peru You can’t drink gold In the Andes, water is a scarce resource. But gold mines in the region require enormous amounts of water and pollute their environment. Their owners do not seem to care By Máxima Acuña de Chaupe 07/01/2022
Workers drilling in search of gold Photo: Graeme Williams / South Photos / Africa Media Online / laif Life underground | South Africa Digging for gold: “The anxiety is always there” Four kilometres below the earth’s surface lies the deepest mine in the world. A worker tells of his day-to-day life in South Africa’s Mponeng gold mine By Luthando Mampintsha 01/07/2022
