Photo Feature: Open Pit Mining, Cerro de Pasco // Supay Foto

Veröffentlicht am April 12, 2010 von FDCL_Blog.

Photo Credit: Satellite image of Cerro de Pasco, Google Maps
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Cerro de Pasco is located in the Andes mountains in central Peru. Spanish conquerers established this area as a mining town in 1578. Its centuries long silver and zinc production has made the city one of the most important mining areas in the world – similar Continue Reading

Veröffentlicht in Green Movies/Environmental Films, Documentary Films
Tags: Bergbau, peru, Mining, Cerro de Pasco, destruction, heavy metal contamination, Krater, Offener Tagebau, Open Pit, Stadtzerstörung, Umsiedlung, Zentralanden