By Stephen Beech Hundreds of rivers are being choked with sediment due to a mining boom, warns a new study. Gold and mineral mining is degrading waterways in 49 countries across the tropics, according to the findings. The new wave of excavation is having negative impacts on the environment in the form of deforestation, erosion, and the transmission of sediment […]
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