Backlit image of workers loaded with sulphur pieces cut out from a sulphur mine on Ijen crater lake, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Sulphur worker appearing out of toxic fumes at Kawah Ijen, East Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Sulphur worker mining sulphur at the bottom of the crater, Kawah Ijen, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Backlit, worker, sulphur, mine, Ijen, ijen volcano, volcano, crater, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

The iron ore mine Cockerill d'Esch-sur-Alzette played a major role in economic boom from the 1870s to the 1990s, Luxembourg

The abandoned company mine workers village in Chuquicamata open pit copper mine, Atacama Desert, Chile, South America

The abandoned company mine workers village in Chuquicamata open pit copper mine, Atacama Desert, Chile, South America

The abandoned company mine workers village in Chuquicamata open pit copper mine, Atacama Desert, Chile, South America

Workers in the sulphur mine of the Ijen Volcano, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Worker carrying big pieces of sulphur out of the Ijen Volcano, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Workers carrying heavy baskets of sulphur, by the crater lake of the Kawa Ijan volcano where a sulphur mine constantly smokes, Baluran National Park, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Worker carrying heavy baskets of sulphur, by the crater lake of the Kawa Ijan volcano, where a sulphur mine constantly smokes, Baluran National Park, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Worker carrying heavy baskets of sulphur, by the crater lake of the Kawa Ijan volcano where a sulphur mine constantly smokes, Baluran National Park, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Worker carrying heavy baskets of sulphur, by the crater lake of the Kawa Ijan volcano where a sulphur mine constantly smokes, Baluran National Park, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Workers prepare a massive dump truck bucket used in the tar sands mines in Fort McMurray, the centre of the tar sands industry, Alberta, Canada, North America

Girl miss school to pan for gold in the mountains near Ankavandra, Madagascar

Girl miss school to pan for gold in the mountains near Ankavandra, Madagascar

Miners at Pailaviri mine, Cerro Rico, Potosi, Bolivia

laborers digging for sapphires in the mines of Ilakaka in Madagascar

laborers digging for sapphires in the mines of Ilakaka in Madagascar

Scene in Pailaviri section, at right and down Pailaviri mine, Cerro Rico, Potosi, Bolivia

Miners at Pailaviri mine, Cerro Rico, Potosi, Bolivia

Scene in Pailaviri section, Cerro Rico, Potosi, Bolivia

salt mining in Ethiopia

salt mining in Ethiopia

salt mining in Ethiopia

salt mining in Ethiopia

laborers digging for sapphires in the mines of Ilakaka in Madagascar

laborers digging for sapphires in the mines of Ilakaka in Madagascar

Scene in Pailaviri section, Cerro Rico, Potosi, Bolivia

Underground mine of the family Bevan in Lightning Ridge, near the Queensland border, opal settlement, New South Wales, Australia

Portrait of a miner, Tower Colliery deep mine, Hirwaun Glamorgan, Wales, Great Britain, Europe

Portrait of a miner, Tower Colliery deep-coal mine, Hirwaun, County Mid Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom

CHL, Chile, Atacama Desert: the Chuquicamata copper mine near Calama, a mine worker with protective mask.

Shaft tower of the Prosper-Haniel coal mine and a rope-system so the workers could descend by rope, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

From Pit to Port, bronze statue by John Clinch, Jon Buck, Roath Basin, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, Caerdydd, South Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Iron man, sculpture at a mine, Darkhan, Mongolia, Asia

Statue of a miner, Huthaus "St. Lampertus", Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Aerial photo, Mausegattstrasse street, residential area, originally built for mine workers, Muelheim, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Aerial photo, Mausegattstrasse street, residential area, originally built for mine workers, Muelheim, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Hessler Zechensiedlung Klappheckenhof, settlement for mine workers, snow, Gelsenkirchen, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Murals with farmer, steel worker, miners, wage hall and areaway, abandoned mine Zeche Lohberg, ExtraSchicht, Dinslaken, Ruhrgebiet region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

The former workers' quarters, Le Grand Hornu, monument of the Industrial Age, founded in 1810 by the mine owner Henri de Gorge, Hornu, Hainaut, Wallonia or Walloon Region, Belgium, Europe

A boy helps crush stones in a special stone mill in Sudan. Illegal gold-mining in the region of the fourth cataract of the Nile in northern Sudan. People from the nearby villages work in shallow shafts in the desert. The rocks containing gold are crushed in a special mill. Some of the material is washed with water on the spot but the major part of it is taken to a village. 12/01/2007

Albian Sands Oil Sands Mine, Fort McMurray, Canada

A gold miner works in a shaft using hand tools in Sudan.

Albian Sands Oil Sands Mine, Fort McMurray, Canada

A gold miner works in a shaft using hand tools in Sudan.

BRAZIL Mato Grosso Peixoto de Azevedo Small scale machinery and workers in garimpo gold mine on former Panara territory showing deforestation.Garimpeiro prospectors in the informal sector have displaced Panara Indians formerly known as Kreen-Akrore Krenhakarore Krenakore Krenakarore Amazon displaced people American Brasil Brazilian Ecology Entorno Environmental Environment Green Issues Kreen Akore Latin America Latino Scenic South America