Whetheher coal, minerals, or metals, for millennia, we humans have insisted on dredging our planets resources. The Global Mining industry earns around 615 billion euros each year, nearly the equivalent of the gdp of switzerland, the worlds twentieth largest economy. Yet few jobs are as dangerous as mining. Around 12,000 miners worldwide lose their lives every year, and those are just the official figures. What would that number be if illegal mines were taken into account . Mine workers often breathe in toxic particles or poisonous gases. Many suffer damage to their lungs. In the eastern part of the u. S. State of kentucky, coal mining has long been a mainstay. And here, too, it has a terrible impact on peoples health. Reporter its about ten meters from the car to the house. But for danny, the short distance is torture. Even a few steps leave him short of breath. For almost 20 years, he worked in the coal mines of kentucky, breaking up rock underground, and breathing in coal dust. A thi
Whetheher coal, minerals, or metals, for millennia, we humans have insisted on dredging our planets resources. The Global Mining industry earns around 615 billion euros each year, nearly the equivalent of the gdp of switzerland, the worlds twentieth largest economy. Yet few jobs are as dangerous as mining. Around 12,000 miners worldwide lose their lives every year, and those are just the official figures. What would that number be if illegal mines were taken into account . Mine workers often breathe in toxic particles or poisonous gases. Many suffer damage to their lungs. In the eastern part of the u. S. State of kentucky, coal mining has long been a mainstay. And here, too, it has a terrible impact on peoples health. Reporter its about ten meters from the car to the house. But for danny, the short distance is torture. Even a few steps leave him short of breath. For almost 20 years, he worked in the coal mines of kentucky, breaking up rock underground, and breathing in coal dust. A thi
Whetheher coal, minerals, or metals, for millennia, we humans have insisted on dredging our planets resources. The Global Mining industry earns around 615 billion euros each year, nearly the equivalent of the gdp of switzerland, the worlds twentieth largest economy. Yet few jobs are as dangerous as mining. Around 12,000 miners worldwide lose their lives every year, and those are just the official figures. What would that number be if illegal mines were taken into account . Mine workers often breathe in toxic particles or poisonous gases. Many suffer damage to their lungs. In the eastern part of the u. S. State of kentucky, coal mining has long been a mainstay. And here, too, it has a terrible impact on peoples health. Reporter its about ten meters from the car to the house. But for danny, the short distance is torture. Even a few steps leave him short of breath. For almost 20 years, he worked in the coal mines of kentucky, breaking up rock underground, and breathing in coal dust. A thi