Mining leaves toxic legacy in Zambian town
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KABWE, Zambia  - Irene Solo ate soil from tree bark and anthills when she was pregnant in the belief among some Zambians that it makes babies strong.
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BOR, Serbia  - Once a socialist success story, Serbia's bankrupt copper mine is now hoping surging copper prices can attract a new owner with cash to reverse the fortunes of the sprawling complex and dusty town beyond.
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua  - Nicaragua has found  thousands of anti-personnel mines left over from its 1980s-era  civil war, ending hopes of declaring the country safe from the  weapons this year.
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A new program in Zambia teaches former poachers new ways to make a living in order to support conservation goals.
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JAKARTA An internal company report warned top executives at Newmont Mining, the world&#39;s largest gold producer, in 2001 that the company was putting tons of toxic mercury vapors into the air in Indonesia.
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Science & environment: Project billed as future model for responsible mining in developing world threatens biodiversity and increasing poverty, conservationists say.
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Residents of this drab, industrial town where President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva rose to prominence as a labor leader remain loyal to him despite the scandals that have rocked his presidency.
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Red lines on a map show cracks in the ground menacing Kiruna, a model town in Sweden's frozen north which may have to be moved as the world's biggest underground mine is dug deeper beneath it.
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Bacteria, algae and fungi that manage to survive in toxic Montana lake left behind by a century of copper mining produce unique compounds to survive in the poisoned, acid environment. Some may inhibit cancer growth. And toxic dumps elsewhere may be incubating biomarvels of their own.
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The nearly abandoned mining town of Playas, N.M., is about to teem with activity as an anti-terrorist training center begins operations in a matter of weeks.
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KANANGA, Congo  - From a mud hut under the world's longest high-tension power line, Tshisumpa Nvita can see the rusting remains of a power station that, for a few months 30 years ago, brought electricity to this corner of Congo.
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After years of drought Zambia is exporting its maize surplus to neighbouring countries, says the deputy agriculture minister.
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At least 13 people in Zambia are in hospital after drinking water after an alleged mine acid leak, officials say.
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By The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Dec. 10--Mining activities generally make a mess of the landscape. It doesn't matter whether the target of the mining is copper, limestone or calcium carbonate. The end result is like a wound that won't heal and continues to affect everything around it.
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A decade after apartheid's collapse, the gold industry in South Africa provides a measure of the transition in a country critical to Africa's future.
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By James Hagengruber, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Jan. 30--LIBBY, Mont. -- After finishing a shift at the vermiculite mine, Les Skramstad would come home covered in the white dust of asbestos.   He'd find the dust in deep recesses of his wallet.
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This industrial city is reeling after learning that at least 63 children have contracted AIDS through medical negligence many blame on corruption and the illicit sale of blood.