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A hiker walks through the abandoned Croesor Slate Mines, Croesor, Gwynedd, Snowdonia National Park, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Scenes of working life in the Wieliczka Salt Mine, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near Krakow (Cracow), Poland

LKAB mining tour, largest underground iron ore mine in the world, Kiruna, Lapland, Arctic Circle, Sweden, Scandinavia, Europe

LKAB mining tour, largest underground iron ore mine in the world, Kiruna, Lapland, Arctic Circle, Sweden, Scandinavia, Europe

Aerial of the Mines of Rammelsberg, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

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

Children sieving and washing small gems from stream below mine, Mogok ruby mines, near Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Victorian Kimberley, many of the buildings were rescued and relocated near to the now defunct Big Hole mine, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa, Africa

Encroaching forest in limestone basin, Phontiou tin mine, plain of mine tailings and pollution, Khammouan, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

The Cathedral in the Wieliczka Salt Mine, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near Krakow (Cracow), Poland, Europe

Ilakaka sapphire mines, Ilakaka, Fianarantsoa province, Ihorombe Region, Southern Madagascar, Africa

Penrhyn quarry, the largest slate quarry in Wales, Bethesda, Snowdonia, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Cerro Rico, richest hill on earth, historical site of major silver mining, Potosi, Bolivia, South America

Abandoned truck, Animas Forks Mine ruins, Animas Forks, Colorado, United States of America, North America

Child at Ilakaka sapphire mines, Ilakaka, Fianarantsoa province, Ihorombe Region, Southern Madagascar, Africa

Giant truck hauling 240 tons of coal in the Black Thunder Opencast Coal Mine in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming, United States of America, North America

Site of first mine in North America AD100, Cerrillos, Turquoise Trail, New Mexico, United States of America, North America

Gemologist working at a gem buyer shop, Ilakaka sapphire mines, Fianarantsoa province, Ihorombe Region, Southern Madagascar, Africa

Site of first mine in North America AD100, Cerrillos, Turquoise Trail, New Mexico, United States of America, North America

Kimberlite pipe excavated by hand mining for diamonds between 1870 and 1914, now flooded, Big Hole at Kimberley, South Africa, Africa

Old ochre mines, near Roussillon, Colorado de Rustrel, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence, France, Europe

'Iron Blow', the famous Mount Lyell mine where gold and copper was discovered in 1883, starting the mining boom and subsequent environmental damage here, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia, Pacific

A yellow diamond embedded in a piece of kimberlite. Kimberlite is the igneous stone in which diamonds are found and was formed in the Earth's crust between 100 and 1000 million years ago.

Vietnam unexploded ordnance, both bombs dropped by americans and land mines laid by both sides during the vietnam war, remain a big problem in central vietnam for children and adults alike. in response, crs has implemented a mine risk education program in quang tri province near the former khe sanh battlefield. this image shows the yard of a scrap metal merchant in tan hop. 80% of the steel comes from bombs, either exploded or unexploded. collecting and selling scarp metal has for long been an income for many poor people in the area

The tar sands upgrader plant at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray at sunset, Alberta, Canada, North America

Boreal forest trees clear felled to make way for a new tar sands mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Soil overburden being removed to reach the tar sands beds in an open pit tar sands mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Hideous air pollution from the Syncrude Tar sands upgrader plant north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Tar sands deposits being mined at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Tar sands deposits being mined at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Hideous air pollution from the Syncrude Tar sands upgrader plant north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Tar sands deposits being mined at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Truck hauls an oversize load, a massive dump truck used in the tar sands mines, on the road towards Fort McMurray, the centre of the tar sands industry, Alberta, Canada, North America

Vietnam unexploded ordnance, both bombs dropped by americans and land mines laid by both sides during the vietnam war, remain a big problem in central vietnam for children and adults alike. in response, crs has implemented a mine risk education program in quang tri province near the former khe sanh battlefield. this image shows the yard of a scrap metal merchant in tan hop. 80% of the steel comes from bombs, either exploded or unexploded. collecting and selling scarp metal has for long been an income for many poor people in the area