Mining
Assignment. Ghana: The Obuasi Stand-Off. Audio, 27 minutes
Why have illegal miners invaded three of Ghana's gold mines in recent months?
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Open Country. Scowles in the Forest of Dean. Audio, 25 minutes
Helen Mark is in the Forest of Dean in search of geological formations known as scowles.
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Profile. Gina Rinehart. Audio, 13 minutes
Mark Coles profiles the controversial Australian mining magnate Gina Rinehart.
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Open Country. Cornish Alps. Audio, 25 minutes
Helen Mark visits Cornwall's clay country to see how mining has sculpted the landscape.
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Open Country. The Purbeck Clay Mines. Audio, 25 minutes
Helen Mark explores the clay mining history of Dorset's picturesque Isle of Purbeck.
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Open Country. Dennis Potter and the Forest of Dean. Audio, 25 minutes
Felicity Evans visits the Forest of Dean, the landscape that author Dennis Potter loved.
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The Reunion. The Miners' Strike. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue MacGregor brings together some of those involved in the miners' strike of 1984-5.
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Assignment. Greenland: To Dig or Not to Dig? Audio, 29 minutes
Will mining harm the environment - or lead the country to independence?
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Crossing Continents. Greenland: To dig or not to dig? Audio, 28 minutes
Will mining harm Greenland's environment, or lead the country to independence?
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Assignment. Indonesia's Mercury Menace. Audio, 29 minutes
How mercury poisoning is threatening the health of Indonesian gold-miners
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Crossing Continents. Indonesia's Mercury Menace. Audio, 28 minutes
How mercury poisoning is threatening the health of Indonesian gold miners.
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Assignment. China and the Two Iron Ladies of Burma. Audio, 25 minutes
Two farmer’s daughters in Burma object to the expansion of a Chinese backed copper mine.
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Assignment. Romania Gold Rush. Audio, 25 minutes
Tessa Dunlop investigates why a plan for a massive gold mine is dividing Romania.
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Crossing Continents. Gold and Governance in Romania. Audio, 28 minutes
Tessa Dunlop investigates why a plan for a massive gold mine is dividing Romania.
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Assignment. Peru's Gold Rush. Audio, 25 minutes
The gold rush in Peru that is threatening the Amazon rainforest.
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Assignment. Australia's Fly In Fly Out Workers. Audio, 25 minutes
Australia's mining boom can be lucrative for its FIFO workers but there's a price to pay.
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Costing the Earth. Gold of the Conquistadors. Audio, 30 minutes
Mining is booming in South America. That's bad news for the environment.
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Assignment. Stalin's Toxic Legacy in Georgia. Audio, 25 minutes
Dangerous levels of arsenic are polluting a community in Georgia - but who knows or cares?
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Four Thought. Series 2, Johann Hari: Dying for a New Phone. Audio, 15 minutes
Johann Hari argues that our demand for gadgets has helped to drive the war in the Congo.
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One Planet. The metal that may save the world. Audio, 18 minutes
In search of a mineral that could solve the world's energy puzzle
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Assignment. Congo's Blood Gold. Audio, 25 minutes
Has a senior Congolese general profited from the illegal takeover of a gold mine?
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One Planet. Richard Branson, uranium and algae. Audio, 28 minutes
Richard Branson tells us about clean fuels, the need for nuclear and a life changing bath
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