Turkey's search for gold has a massive humanitarian and environmental impact globalvoices.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from globalvoices.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Several miners may have been trapped under rubble following a large landslide that occurred in a gold mine in the eastern mountains of Turkey on Tuesday.
If waste soil said to contain toxic substances such as cyanide and sulphuric acid reaches the Euphrates River just a few hundred metres away, it could cause an environmental disaster that would last for decades in a vast area that includes war-torn Syria and Iraq as well as eastern and south-eastern Turkey.
Turkey: At least 9 Miners Trapped in Gold Mine After Landslide hngn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hngn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Cihaner on the landslide in İliç gold mine: 'Unfortunately, it was clear this would happen' bianet.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bianet.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.