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KWCI (GPI)
Land pollution
Metal processing plants
Metals
Mines
Mining
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Outflow pipes
Pollution
River discharges
Toxics (campaign title)
Water pollution
Asia's Largest Lead and Zinc Mine in China
The machines at the mine operate seven days a week. Every day from 6am until 6pm the mountainside is blasted. From as far as 2km away the rumbling sounds of the explosions can be heard.
Unique identifier:
GP0STR05D
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
21/05/2015
Locations:
Asia
,
China
,
Yunnan Province
Credit line:
© Ke Lin / Greenpeace
Ranking:
★★★★★★ (B)
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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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