Dec 27 Watch In Peru, Gold Rush Leads to Mercury Contamination Concerns In remote regions of the Peruvian Amazon, extensive gold-mining operations have stirred major environmental concerns over mercury contamination in fish, fish-eating wildlife and humans. In collaboration with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, special correspondent Steve Sapienza reports. Continue watching
Nov 07 Watch Gold Lures Illegal Miners to Peru's Rainforests In southeastern Peru, where the Andes Mountains meet the Amazon, lies one of the world's richest ecosystems and the destructive lure of gold. In a collaboration with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, special correspondent Steve Sapienza reports on illegal… Continue watching
May 19 Watch Report on Deadly W.Va. Mine Blast Castigates Massey for Safety Lapses In the worst U.S. mining disaster in four decades, 29 trapped miners were killed after an explosion deep inside the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia. Ray Suarez speaks with NPR's Howard Berkes about a new report on the… Continue watching
May 19 Report on W.Va. Mine Disaster Blames a Corporate Culture That Overlooked Safety, Poor Government Oversight Updated 11:30 a.m. ET | The first comprehensive investigative report on the disaster at Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia last year, which killed 29 miners, finds that the explosion could have been prevented and was the result… Continue reading
Apr 05 One Year Later, Massey Mine Disaster's Wounds, Investigations Linger Memorials were held and dozens of coal mines stood idle Tuesday across Appalachia, one year after after a massive explosion ripped through the Upper Big Branch mine near Beckley, W.Va., killing 29 coal miners and injuring two. Continue reading
Oct 14 Watch Pinera Vows to Toughen Chilean Mining Safety Celebrations took place across the world when the last Chilean miner emerged after being trapped for 69 days. ITN's Jonathan Miller recaps the euphoria captured in Chile and across the world. Continue watching
Aug 27 A Glimpse of Life Underground for Trapped Chilean Miners By Natalie Friedman The drama of 33 trapped Chilean miners continues with the release of the first significant video footage taken thousands of feet below the ground. A camera was sent down through an emergency shaft being used to deliver food, water… Continue reading
Aug 23 Chilean Miners Alive, but Face Months More Underground Plans to free 33 miners trapped in a copper and gold mine in Chile could take four months, according to the head of rescue operations, but the country's president has appealed to other nations to help speed the… Continue reading
Apr 01 Watch A Violent Moment in American Labor History, Captured in Verse Colorado poet David Mason shares a look at a dramatic moment in American labor history through his poem about a 1913 mine strike that ended in violence. Continue watching
Mar 30 Watch Peru Nurtures Growth Amid Economic Uncertainty In the first part of a series on Peru, Ray Suarez reports on a growing and business friendly environment in a country rebounding from economic instability and deep debt just twenty years ago. Continue watching