Asia's Largest Lead and Zinc Mine in China

With mining operations and explosions carried out everyday, the mountain side gets blasted flat, leaving only transportation roads, as if huge scars have been scraped into the land.

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Relocation Dream: Investigation at Asia's Largest Lead Mine in China

A Greenpeace East Asia (GPEA) investigation has found severe heavy metal pollution and serious health problems at Asia's largest zinc and lead mine and smelting plant in Jinding Town, Lanping County, Yunnan. The findings come against a backdrop of stricter national regulations on the heavy metals industry. In Lanping, one of China's most impoverished counties, however, the Yunnan Provincial Government and Yunnan Jinding Zinc Corporation Ltd., the mine owners, have recklessly compromised the environment and the health of locals in the pursuit of profit.

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Relocation Dream: Investigation at Asia's Largest Lead Mine in China

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Unique identifier: GP0STP38Q

Type: Image

Shoot date: 24/05/2015

Locations: Asia, China, Yunnan Province

Size: 4256px × 2832px 6.29 MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)