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  • Banner and placard making in the protector camp ahead of the the day of protest against the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley, 4 May 2018, County Durham, United Kingdom. Sunset in Pont Valley ahead of the the day of protest against the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley, County Durham, 4 May 2018. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Banner and placard making in the protector camp ahead of the the day of protest against the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley, 4 May 2018, County Durham, Unietd Kingdom. Sunset in Pont Valley ahead of the the day of protest against the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley, County Durham, 4 May 2018. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Banner and placard making in the protector camp ahead of the the day of protest against the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley, 4 May 2018, County Durham, United Kingdom. Sunset in Pont Valley ahead of the the day of protest against the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley, County Durham, 4 May 2018. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • The site and landscape to be mined. Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Don Kent, local residenty:  We are facing a real emergency on climate change and we have signed up to the Paris agreement and this part of a climate dissaster. This is the last gasp by Banks making some money out of burning dirty coal. Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • A constant security pressence guard the developing building site, outside Dipton in Pont Valley, 5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Many locals have complained about tactics of intimidation and excessive use of force during the eviction in May. Day of protest in Pont Valley, 5 May 2018 against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley, County Durham. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Two newt protectors. Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • A constant security pressence guard the developing building site, outside Dipton in Pont Valley, 5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Many locals have complained about tactics of intimidation and excessive use of force during the eviction in May. Day of protest in Pont Valley, 5 May 2018 against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley, County Durham. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • A small camp of two tents occupy the curb by the mining site, 4 May 2018, County Durham, United Kingdom.  Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • A game of chess at the day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Newt face paint. Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • A constant security pressence guard the developing building site, outside Dipton in Pont Valley, 5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Many locals have complained about tactics of intimidation and excessive use of force during the eviction in May. Day of protest in Pont Valley, 5 May 2018 against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley, County Durham. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Mel Stewart, local resident:  We have been fighting this for thirty years and it isnt over yet. Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Sun setting in Pont Valley ahead of the the day of protest against the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  4 May 2018, County Durham,United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Life  in the protector camp ahead of the the day of protest against the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley, 4 May 2018, County Durham,United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Sunset in Pont Valley ahead of the the day of protest against the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  4 May 2018, County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Pont Valley Protector camp ahead of the the day of protest against the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  4 May 2018, County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overuled that decission and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to pevent the mining from going ahead. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • A protest poster in a Dipton community, 4 May 2018, Pont Valley, County Durham,United Kingdom.  Protest posters. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Sunset in Dipton, Pont Valley, 4 May 2018, County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. A football match on the go in the middle of the mine. The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. Unchallenged by security the activists enter the mine which is not in operation and empty for any other activity and set up banners and form a symbolic red line in the black sand. A couple of vehicles with employees make sure everyone are safe in the mine. The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. Unchallenged by security the activists enter the mine which is not in operation and empty for any other activity and set up banners and form a symbolic red line in the black sand. The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. Unchallenged by security the activists enter the mine which is not in operation and empty for any other activity and set up banners and form a symbolic red line in the black sand.The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. Unchallenged by security the activists enter the mine which is not in operation and empty for any other activity and set up banners and form a symbolic red line in the black sand. The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. Unchallenged by security the activists enter the mine which is not in operation and empty for any other activity.The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • Under the banner, in Welsh and English, No More Coal the activists head towards the mine. Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. Under the banner, in Welsh and English, No More Coal the activists head towards the mine.The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. Hand in hand the activists form a line and head towards the mine.  The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. Deep in the mine watched by engineers but otherwise unchallenged the activists congregrate. The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • . Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. A man in red stares at the black and bleak landscape in front of him in the mine The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. The iconic Red Line inflateable cobble stones fly through the air in the mine. The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
    AB9A7008.jpg
  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. A red Welsh dragon with red smoke in the mine. The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. Hundreds of activists dressed in red form a Red Line in the mine to symbolise the red line made in Paris at the COP21. The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
    AB9A7130.jpg
  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. Unchallenged by security the activists enter the mine which is not in operation and empty for any other activity and set up banners and form a symbolic red line in the black sand. The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
    AB9A6724.jpg
  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. Unchallenged by security the activists enter the mine which is not in operation and empty for any other activity. The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
    AB9A6658.jpg
  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. Climate activists heading towards the mine with a a red Welsh dragon. The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
    AB9A6518.jpg
  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. The activists go unchallenged by employees of the mine, security and police.  The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
    AB9A6601.jpg
  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. As rain set in the symbolic red umbrellas came in handy as shelter. The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
    AB9A7299.jpg
  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. As rain set in the symbolic red umbrellas came in handy as shelter. The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
    AB9A7296.jpg
  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
    AB9A6640.jpg
  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. An activist in red stands in the black mine under a red umbrella in the rain. The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the environment and  contributing to global climate change.
    AB9A7352.jpg
  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. An activist gets his red line painted across his face ahead of the action. The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • The Carajas Open Cast Iron Ore mine is the largest iron mine in the World, estimates say the site can be mined at today's rates for another 400 years. In the Amazonian State of Para, Brazil, it is operated by the State owned Vale mining corporation, prevoously CVRD. The company has come under some controversy about the mine, and recently has started expanding the mine on the site of a series of ancient caves.
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  • The Carajas Open Cast Iron Ore mine is the largest iron mine in the World, estimates say the site can be mined at today's rates for another 400 years. In the Amazonian State of Para, Brazil, it is operated by the State owned Vale mining corporation, prevoously CVRD. The company has come under some controversy about the mine, and recently has started expanding the mine on the site of a series of ancient caves.
    _MG_7752_1.jpg
  • The Carajas Open Cast Iron Ore mine is the largest iron mine in the World, estimates say the site can be mined at today's rates for another 400 years. In the Amazonian State of Para, Brazil, it is operated by the State owned Vale mining corporation, prevoously CVRD. The company has come under some controversy about the mine, and recently has started expanding the mine on the site of a series of ancient caves.
    _MG_7849_1.jpg
  • The Carajas Open Cast Iron Ore mine is the largest iron mine in the World, estimates say the site can be mined at today's rates for another 400 years. In the Amazonian State of Para, Brazil, it is operated by the State owned Vale mining corporation, prevoously CVRD. The company has come under some controversy about the mine, and recently has started expanding the mine on the site of a series of ancient caves.
    _MG_7756_1.jpg
  • The Carajas Open Cast Iron Ore mine is the largest iron mine in the World, estimates say the site can be mined at today's rates for another 400 years. In the Amazonian State of Para, Brazil, it is operated by the State owned Vale mining corporation, prevoously CVRD. The company has come under some controversy about the mine, and recently has started expanding the mine on the site of a series of ancient caves.
    _MG_7753_1.jpg
  • Potosi is the most famous city in Bolivia for silver and tin mining, Cerro Rico which means rich hill has been used to extract silver for over four hundred years and is still mined today, the conditions are terrible for the workers and silicosis is very coomon, many of the miners are underage and die in accidents, they worship El Tio - the God of the underworld who is said to have an appetite for destruction and needs to be appeased with coca, alcohol and tobacco to keep the miners safe
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  • Potosi is the most famous city in Bolivia for silver and tin mining, Cerro Rico which means rich hill has been used to extract silver for over four hundred years and is still mined today, the conditions are terrible for the workers and silicosis is very coomon, many of the miners are underage and die in accidents, they worship El Tio - the God of the underworld who is said to have an appetite for destruction and needs to be appeased with coca, alcohol and tobacco to keep the miners safe
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  • Potosi is the most famous city in Bolivia for silver and tin mining, Cerro Rico which means rich hill has been used to extract silver for over four hundred years and is still mined today, the conditions are terrible for the workers and silicosis is very coomon, many of the miners are underage and die in accidents, they worship El Tio - the God of the underworld who is said to have an appetite for destruction and needs to be appeased with coca, alcohol and tobacco to keep the miners safe
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  • Potosi is the most famous city in Bolivia for silver and tin mining, Cerro Rico which means rich hill has been used to extract silver for over four hundred years and is still mined today, the conditions are terrible for the workers and silicosis is very coomon, many of the miners are underage and die in accidents, they worship El Tio - the God of the underworld who is said to have an appetite for destruction and needs to be appeased with coca, alcohol and tobacco to keep the miners safe
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  • Potosi is the most famous city in Bolivia for silver and tin mining, Cerro Rico which means rich hill has been used to extract silver for over four hundred years and is still mined today, the conditions are terrible for the workers and silicosis is very coomon, many of the miners are underage and die in accidents, they worship El Tio - the God of the underworld who is said to have an appetite for destruction and needs to be appeased with coca, alcohol and tobacco to keep the miners safe
    _MG_6095_1_1.jpg
  • Potosi is the most famous city in Bolivia for silver and tin mining, Cerro Rico which means rich hill has been used to extract silver for over four hundred years and is still mined today, the conditions are terrible for the workers and silicosis is very coomon, many of the miners are underage and die in accidents, they worship El Tio - the God of the underworld who is said to have an appetite for destruction and needs to be appeased with coca, alcohol and tobacco to keep the miners safe
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  • Potosi is the most famous city in Bolivia for silver and tin mining, Cerro Rico which means rich hill has been used to extract silver for over four hundred years and is still mined today, the conditions are terrible for the workers and silicosis is very coomon, many of the miners are underage and die in accidents, they worship El Tio - the God of the underworld who is said to have an appetite for destruction and needs to be appeased with coca, alcohol and tobacco to keep the miners safe
    _MG_5984_1_1.jpg
  • Potosi is the most famous city in Bolivia for silver and tin mining, Cerro Rico which means rich hill has been used to extract silver for over four hundred years and is still mined today, the conditions are terrible for the workers and silicosis is very coomon, many of the miners are underage and die in accidents, they worship El Tio - the God of the underworld who is said to have an appetite for destruction and needs to be appeased with coca, alcohol and tobacco to keep the miners safe
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  • Potosi is the most famous city in Bolivia for silver and tin mining, Cerro Rico which means rich hill has been used to extract silver for over four hundred years and is still mined today, the conditions are terrible for the workers and silicosis is very coomon, many of the miners are underage and die in accidents, they worship El Tio - the God of the underworld who is said to have an appetite for destruction and needs to be appeased with coca, alcohol and tobacco to keep the miners safe
    _MG_5892_1_1.jpg
  • Potosi is the most famous city in Bolivia for silver and tin mining, Cerro Rico which means rich hill has been used to extract silver for over four hundred years and is still mined today, the conditions are terrible for the workers and silicosis is very coomon, many of the miners are underage and die in accidents, they worship El Tio - the God of the underworld who is said to have an appetite for destruction and needs to be appeased with coca, alcohol and tobacco to keep the miners safe
    _MG_5885_1_1.jpg
  • Potosi is the most famous city in Bolivia for silver and tin mining, Cerro Rico which means rich hill has been used to extract silver for over four hundred years and is still mined today, the conditions are terrible for the workers and silicosis is very coomon, many of the miners are underage and die in accidents, they worship El Tio - the God of the underworld who is said to have an appetite for destruction and needs to be appeased with coca, alcohol and tobacco to keep the miners safe
    _MG_5867_1_1.jpg
  • Potosi is the most famous city in Bolivia for silver and tin mining, Cerro Rico which means rich hill has been used to extract silver for over four hundred years and is still mined today, the conditions are terrible for the workers and silicosis is very coomon, many of the miners are underage and die in accidents, they worship El Tio - the God of the underworld who is said to have an appetite for destruction and needs to be appeased with coca, alcohol and tobacco to keep the miners safe
    _MG_5843_1_1.jpg
  • Potosi is the most famous city in Bolivia for silver and tin mining, Cerro Rico which means rich hill has been used to extract silver for over four hundred years and is still mined today, the conditions are terrible for the workers and silicosis is very coomon, many of the miners are underage and die in accidents, they worship El Tio - the God of the underworld who is said to have an appetite for destruction and needs to be appeased with coca, alcohol and tobacco to keep the miners safe
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  • Potosi is the most famous city in Bolivia for silver and tin mining, Cerro Rico which means rich hill has been used to extract silver for over four hundred years and is still mined today, the conditions are terrible for the workers and silicosis is very coomon, many of the miners are underage and die in accidents, they worship El Tio - the God of the underworld who is said to have an appetite for destruction and needs to be appeased with coca, alcohol and tobacco to keep the miners safe
    _MG_5785_1_1.jpg
  • Potosi is the most famous city in Bolivia for silver and tin mining, Cerro Rico which means rich hill has been used to extract silver for over four hundred years and is still mined today, the conditions are terrible for the workers and silicosis is very coomon, many of the miners are underage and die in accidents, they worship El Tio - the God of the underworld who is said to have an appetite for destruction and needs to be appeased with coca, alcohol and tobacco to keep the miners safe
    _MG_5673_1_1.jpg
  • Potosi is the most famous city in Bolivia for silver and tin mining, Cerro Rico which means rich hill has been used to extract silver for over four hundred years and is still mined today, the conditions are terrible for the workers and silicosis is very coomon, many of the miners are underage and die in accidents, they worship El Tio - the God of the underworld who is said to have an appetite for destruction and needs to be appeased with coca, alcohol and tobacco to keep the miners safe
    _MG_5587_1_1.jpg
  • Potosi is the most famous city in Bolivia for silver and tin mining, Cerro Rico which means rich hill has been used to extract silver for over four hundred years and is still mined today, the conditions are terrible for the workers and silicosis is very coomon, many of the miners are underage and die in accidents, they worship El Tio - the God of the underworld who is said to have an appetite for destruction and needs to be appeased with coca, alcohol and tobacco to keep the miners safe
    _MG_5567_1_1.jpg
  • Potosi is the most famous city in Bolivia for silver and tin mining, Cerro Rico which means rich hill has been used to extract silver for over four hundred years and is still mined today, the conditions are terrible for the workers and silicosis is very coomon, many of the miners are underage and die in accidents, they worship El Tio - the God of the underworld who is said to have an appetite for destruction and needs to be appeased with coca, alcohol and tobacco to keep the miners safe
    _MG_5548_1_1.jpg
  • Potosi is the most famous city in Bolivia for silver and tin mining, Cerro Rico which means rich hill has been used to extract silver for over four hundred years and is still mined today, the conditions are terrible for the workers and silicosis is very coomon, many of the miners are underage and die in accidents, they worship El Tio - the God of the underworld who is said to have an appetite for destruction and needs to be appeased with coca, alcohol and tobacco to keep the miners safe
    _MG_5517_1_1.jpg
  • Potosi is the most famous city in Bolivia for silver and tin mining, Cerro Rico which means rich hill has been used to extract silver for over four hundred years and is still mined today, the conditions are terrible for the workers and silicosis is very coomon, many of the miners are underage and die in accidents, they worship El Tio - the God of the underworld who is said to have an appetite for destruction and needs to be appeased with coca, alcohol and tobacco to keep the miners safe
    _MG_5860_1_1.jpg
  • Potosi is the most famous city in Bolivia for silver and tin mining, Cerro Rico which means rich hill has been used to extract silver for over four hundred years and is still mined today, the conditions are terrible for the workers and silicosis is very coomon, many of the miners are underage and die in accidents, they worship El Tio - the God of the underworld who is said to have an appetite for destruction and needs to be appeased with coca, alcohol and tobacco to keep the miners safe
    _MG_5835_1_1.jpg
  • Potosi is the most famous city in Bolivia for silver and tin mining, Cerro Rico which means rich hill has been used to extract silver for over four hundred years and is still mined today, the conditions are terrible for the workers and silicosis is very coomon, many of the miners are underage and die in accidents, they worship El Tio - the God of the underworld who is said to have an appetite for destruction and needs to be appeased with coca, alcohol and tobacco to keep the miners safe
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  • Oruro in Bolivia is a capital for mining
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  • Landscape of Tonypandy Town lying in the Rhondda Fawr Valley, South Wales, UK. It is a former industrial coal mining town, best known as the site of the Tonypandy riots in 1910.
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  • Two men sleeping exhausted next to the entrance to a gold mine shaft. The mines in the small community near Bolgatange in Northern Ghana are dug with shovels and spades and held up by timber, all very precarious. The mine shafts go deep into the ground and run along under the surrounding fields. The small community which has sprung up around the gold finds consists of poor people from all over Northern Ghana,most of them now stuck, not making much money and in dept to their gold dealers.
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  • A man is relaxing next to a hole leading into a gold mine, another coming out back into the day light. The mines in the small community near Bolgatange in Northern Ghana are dug with shovels and spades and held up by timber, all very precarious. The mine shafts go deep into the ground and run along under the surrounding fields. The small community which has sprung up around the gold finds consists of poor people from all over Northern Ghana,most of them now stuck, not making much money and in dept to their gold dealers.
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  • A miner rides a lift up to exit the mine shaft after finishing his shift at a coal mine and processing facility in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping.
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  • A miner rides a lift up to exit the mine shaft after finishing his shift at a coal mine and processing facility in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping.
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  • Miner overlooks the town of Siglo XX tin mine,  Llallagua, Bolivia
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  • young girl carries her baby brother in the town of Siglo XX tin mine,  Llallagua, Bolivia
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  • Miners line up to enter the shaft and begin their shift at a coal mine and processing facility in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping.
    QS2016Archive_322.jpg
  • Miners line up to enter the shaft and begin their shift at a coal mine and processing facility in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping.
    QS2016Archive_318.jpg
  • A miner uses his locker after finishing his shift at a coal mine and processing facility in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping.
    QS2016Archive_316.jpg
  • A man stands in an empty lot marked with truck tracks at a coal mine and processing facility in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping.
    QS2016Archive_303.jpg
  • A miner walks out after using a retina scan to confirm indignity after a shift at a coal mine and processing facility in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping.
    QS2016Archive_307.jpg
  • A miner walks out after a shift at a coal mine and processing facility in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping.
    QS2016Archive_312.jpg
  • A man shovels coal while standing on the top of a truck at a coal mine and processing facility in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping.
    QS2016Archive_308.jpg
  • People move past coal transfer and storage units at a coal mine and processing facility in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping.
    QS2016Archive_302.jpg
  • A man stands on a street with row of buildings, mostly empty, in a baijiu liquor distillery city, made in imitation of a traditional Chinese city,  in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping. New business ventures like the distillery city, funded by coal money with grandiose hopes and expectations, often prove too ambitious and unrealistic.
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