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 * < Table 1 ||< ======Water shortages: El Salvador suffers from chronic water shortages of water, yet it is estimated that 200,000 liters of water a day will be needed for the mineral extraction process of Gypsum. Water shortages are poised to become a potential source of conflict and social upheaval in El Salvador. **by Patrick**======

Magnesium is a free mineral that is not found naturally on Earth, since it is highly reactive, though once produced, is coated in a thin layer of oxiden which partly masks this reactivity. The free metal burns with a characteristic brilliant white light, making it a useful ingredient in flares. Magnesium is so strong that it is commonly used in automotive parts and aircrafts. Because of the rising cost of magnesium, the reduction of automotive parts has effected industries throughout the world. Magnesium affects humans because it is highly reactive, therefore is used for destructive uses such as weaponry and demolition. Many lives are lost because of the extraordinary using of magnesium by **Matt Perchess**


 * John Carlos**- Topic was the mining in El Salvador. THis is causing a big conflict because the company is taking over El Salvador. For example they bought 144 kilometers of land, this forced many people to move. Many people lost their houses because of this. The mining brings many negative things to such as acid drainage, water pollution and cyanide dischargeindicated resources were estimated at 172,000 kg of silver. They are mining to get the silver in the land======


 * Emanoel Issaghi**-There is a crisis in Angolaabout dthye are trying to find diamonds. People from there are killing many becasue diamonds are vauluable to the people and can make alot of money from them. People are being forced to work all day to find the diamonds, for other people. Over tousands of people die yearly becasue of that. ||
 * < Table 2 ||< In the Philippines mining ranks first on the list of the recently the most hazardous occupations. The data shows 3.7 million Of 22.3 million children between 5 and 17 years of age have been identified as working children. They have to work in quite hard condition; they work underground and get break after 6 hours of work. Gold is one of the mineral deposit in the province. For many it is a family activity where both children and parents are engaged in different stages of extracting and processing gold. Ancient and unsafe mining methods, insufficient equipment, and daring and unsafe practices are in the majority. Among the illnesses the children had suffered in the past due to mining, respiratory diseases were most common, followed by muscular-skeletal and gastro-intestinal disorders and skin diseases. **By Hardik Patel**

In Chile, the city of Huasco Alto is surrounded by rich gold and mining companies have lots of plans with what they’re going to do with the mines. The community fears that the open cast mine will destroy the Toro I, Toro II and Esperanza glaciers, and that it will pollute rivers with heavy metals present in the mountains, such as arsenic, and other substances like cyanide. The glaciers already shrunk 75% from the exploration of the mines. The people of Huasco Alto accuses other families outside the valley for selling their land to the companies, but the companies don’t care and are kicking hundreds of people from their homes and have token gravel from the river bed and destroyed archaeological sites. The people of Huasco Alto are afraid that within a year the river will overflow and destroy their houses. -SILVIU PAVEL

Amethyst is a popular purple mineral and gemstone. The mineral is widely available and therefore not very expensive. Much of it is found in Canada Northwestern Ontario. The name “amethyst” is Greek and means “not drunken”. Greeks used to believe that amethyst would ward off the effects of alcohol, or they were referring to the almost wine-like color of some stones that they may have seen. It must always be purple to be amethyst, but has a wide range of purple shades. The mineral is popular for its color and nice crystal shapes that produce a handsome,, purple, sparkling cluster. A negative effect of mining this mineral is that occasionally Americans come to Canada and mine for then mineral then bring thier findings back to the U.S for profit creating some hostility and conflict with Canadian miners and merchants. Ariana Anclaim []

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 * <  ||< The article was in Zambia.This article shows alot of things going wrong with this first of all The mines of coppers close down and leave 1,700 miners without a job becasue they could not keep up with the falling prices of the copper and now are droping in large amounts of money according to the london metal exchange. The women of the miners went out to protest the mines and demanding the jobs back to the goverment becasue the goverment owns 15 percent of the mines stocks.This is alot of of shown that the goverment is not caring about the miners work and they are losing money to by saying that they are closing the mines and people losing their jobs and becoming homeless and leaving the economy very bad and maybe even worse since now there the economy is not in the greatest shape. By Alex Elizalde ||
 * < Table 3 ||< Mineral fiber that has been used commonly in a variety of building construction materials for insulation and as a fire- retardant. Asbestos are used for mostly building materials, friction products, heat resistant fabrics, packaging, gaskets, and coatings. They can cause significant health problems if the microscopic fibers become airborne and are inhaled into our lungs. **Megan Harford []**

www.mbendi.com/indy/ming/cppr/au/au/p0005.htm Australia is the westers fourth largest copper producing country. The mine produced 160,080 tons of copper in 2003. With copper mining, the land becomes stripped. Extremely large holes are left in the Earth. Ground water can be infested with the metal or chemicals that are used in mining. This can cause global warming to happen alot faster and quicker. This does not only affect the Australian people, it affects everybody around the world because they are contaminating the inside of our earth with unhealthy chemicals. -**Adriana Lukovic**

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|| www.mbendi.com/indy/ming/cppr/au/au/p0005.htm Australia is the westers fourth largest copper producing country. The mine produced 160,080 tons of copper in 2003. With copper mining, the land becomes stripped. Extremely large holes are left in the Earth. Ground water can be infested with the metal or chemicals that are used in mining. This can cause global warming to happen alot faster and quicker. This does not only affect the Australian people, it affects everybody around the world because they are contaminating the inside of our earth with unhealthy chemicals. -**Adriana Lukovic**
 * < Table 2 ||< In the Philippines mining ranks first on the list of the recently the most hazardous occupations. The data shows 3.7 million Of 22.3 million children between 5 and 17 years of age have been identified as working children. They have to work in quite hard condition; they work underground and get break after 6 hours of work. . Mineral deposits in this province include chromate, gold, bentonite, marble, limestone, quartz, pebbles and gravel. For many it is a family activity where both children and parents are engaged in different stages of extracting and processing gold. Ancient and unsafe mining methods, insufficient equipment, and daring and unsafe practices are in the majority. Among the illnesses the children had suffered in the past due to mining, respiratory diseases were most common, followed by muscular-skeletal and gastro-intestinal disorders and skin diseases. **By Hardik Patel** ||
 * < Table 3 ||< Mineral fiber that has been used commonly in a variety of building construction materials for insulation and as a fire- retardant. Asbestos are used for mostly building materials, friction products, heat resistant fabrics, packaging, gaskets, and coatings. They can cause significant health problems if the microscopic fibers become airborne and are inhaled into our lungs. In Toledo, Ohio there is alot of construction going on and the asbestos are commonly found in construction areas. **Megan Harford []**

[] This article is showing us all how open pit mining destroys the surrounding land around the area. Open pit mining is a very destructive way of destroying the precious land that is getting smaller as we speak. What open pit mining is, is when the miners take out huge chunks of land in search for minerals such as iron. When open pit mining occurs the land that is not even being mined get damaged because of all the machinery and transportation of materials. Open pit mining is an alternative to other types of mining because of how fast they can make money and get the ores and minerals that they need. The Hull-Rust-Mahoning mine in Hibbing, Minnesota is the largest open pit iron mine in north america. Danny Ward

Mining lead in Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma has left behind environmental problems and physical hazards. Since lead is a contaminated mineral, it is hazardous to humans to be around. In the three states there used to be an open mine that mined lead. It was around for a long time but is now causing many problems near where it is located. The water surrounding the mines has become contaminated and unable to be used. Also, when the mines collapse the lead came out to the top surface and contaminated the top soil, so they had to go and bring in soil from other areas. The land underneath these areas is still contaminated from lead, and could eventually cause more damage to the land. -Jessica Berk [] ||
 * < Table 4 ||< ​ 3.7 million out of 22.3 million children are working in the Philippines. 2 million of those children work in very hazardous conditions. One hazardous work activity is small scale mining. Children and adults extract and process gold. Children's mining activties include carrying rocks or minerals, processing them, underground work, and stone pounding. The children work for about 3 hours a day for weekdays and 4 hours during weekends. All of them work weekdays and most of them work weekends as well. They are given little to protect themselves and as a result some children were exposed to mercury while processing minerals. Dust and lead levels in the air also are dangerous. Many of the children become sick with different diseases because of the mining. **By Ryan Serpa**

Throughout the 1990's in Sierra Leone there are illicit diamonds being brought together for profit. The people that work in the areas are being brutally controlled to dig for these gems. The situation is getting worse because more and more of these diamonds are being regulated in the jewelry cycle. Its not just the organization itself its also the actual middlemen are part of the illicit diamond trafficing. More Info: []**
 * By Kevork Boyadjian

More Information:** [] Chile, known to be the world's largest copper producer,copper is polluting the air, water resources,rivers, lakes and coastal areas. Due to the emissions of copper concentrated smelters the copper iseffecting the Copper Chilean Mining industry. The copper smelting process which takes place after the copper is mined produces harmful gases, also the debris left over from the mining is polluting the water. The local water systems are becoming very polluted and the local marine life is also dying.All of these pollutants are causing alot of problems for the people and the government so the mining company has started to use new machinery to lower emissions.
 * Stacey Cherukara

In Peru, the top silver producing country in the world, the government and other guerilla military groups fight over the rights to the mines. Along with silver the mines also produce other valuable minerals such as gold and copper. Many miners that work for government have experienced first had the damage this guerilla group called The Shining Path, has caused. The government has been under the eye of the public since allegations of corruption and other crimes surrounding these great sources of income for Peru. Now, since the allegations,the government has a law stating that half the income from the mines has to be used for public projects and the leader of The Shining Path has been captured. [] || [] ArcelorMittal, a transnational steel producing company, has an 8.2 billion dollar steel plant project that will uproot 40 villages and 70,000 people in a mineral-rich area. The iron ore they plan to mine in order to create the steel will destroy dense forests and rivers. Ancient ways of life practiced by tribes will be lost forever.
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[] This problem that is going on around Vladivostok, Russia is about smuggling of gold, animal skin, Chinese good, Japanese cars, and more. It is a city full of poverty despite being rich in mineral resources. The video shows us not only are these problems going on around, but the people in charge are part of the people who are causing these problems. The system is so corrupt and it's all because of all these demands from the richer countries.
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[] Absestos is a group of fibrous minerals that were once commonly used in contrsuction and in industrail materials. The problem with asbestos is that the high tensile strength and extreme resistance to heat and chemicals were proven that asbestos was very carcinogenic. The govermnet stoped its use in 1970 but much of the asbestos remains in old buildings. Fortunatly in places such as schools and most homes it has been removed Joana Sierra Leone; the revolutionary united fronts called the government corrupt and accused them of mismanagement of diamond and other minerals. People were being raped, and had limbs amputated. Although the revolutionary united front started from a respectable aim they also have been corrupted and attracted others who saw them as a way to get to the diamonds and profit from them. ||
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 * < Table 6 ||< cassidy burns- gold dust that is being mined in South Africa.They are being threatened by soldiers to mine gold and crushing it down to powder or leaving it in its hard solid form. Gold is described and known as a //precious metal.//

In Qingdao, China they export and import many minerals to financially help themselves with their economy. China exports more minerals than they import, but when they import minerals, they make more money and hurt other countries because they are making more profit than they sold. One new mineral that they are mining and are planning to trade is bauxite. Bauxite is the main ore of alumina to make aluminum.
 * Rita-** http://www.mineralnet.co.uk/Article/2292427/China-trade-policy-steadfast.html
 * Ivan Marin**- In Indonesia the villagers near the Newmont Mining site, the biggest gold Producer in the world, started to notice that the people were being effected in some strange reasons. They started noticing people were getting sick because of the mine. The people could not find anything that made the mine guilty of the illness. But later in August 31st, an Indonesian government announced that the mine had illegally disposed of the waste containing Arsenic and Mercury in the ocean near the mining site, and they had also failed to get the from the Ministry of environment since 1996.

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Laksmi- Copper in Cordilleras is affecting the native people there very much. Water used for drinking or for everyday uses has to come from the nearest river source. Because they are washing their minerals with those waters it is very hard to survive becuase of mineral extracts lef t in the water s they are drinking. That causes many deaths. The government around there arent really helping or listening to the native peoples there. they only think of it as income not how it is affecting the people there. • Cordillera Peoples Alliance. "DENR Act Now! Implement the Supreme Court Decision!" Speech [] ||