Silicosis

Each Friday, miners at the Cerro Rico mine worship at shrines of "El Tio," the spirit who they also call th "Devil God of the Mountain."

Go inside ‘the mountain that eats men’ in Bolivia

Global Politics

Bolivian President Evo Morales is staking his bid for a third term on improving the lot of his poorest citizens. But many of those poor Bolivians work in mines, where conditions are deadly and there’s little sign that anything is set to improve.

South African gold miners launch largest lawsuit in Africa’s history

Health & Medicine

South Africa Gold Mining Lawsuit

The World

Working in a Strip Mine