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Power lines at La Cojolita,
Tabasco, Mexico. Is this what the area around
the Gamma-Grassridge corridor is going to look like?
Photo courtesy of Dave Pentacost |
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Alunorte alumina refinery, Brazilian Amazon
Photo courtesy
International Rivers Network (IRN) |
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Aluar Aluminum Smelter - Argentina
Photo courtesy Peter Hartmann |
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Sunndalsora Aluminum Smelter - Norway Photo
courtesy Peter Hartmann |
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Sunndalsora aluminum plant, Norway Photo
courtesy International
Rivers Network (IRN) |
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Sunndalsora Aluminum Smelter - Norway Photo
courtesy Peter Hartmann |
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Red mud waste pond. For every ton of
alumina produced, between two and three tons of
bauxite ore must be processed. The waste remaining
after the process is disposed of as red mud.
Disposal of red mud wastes which are highly caustic,
often with a pH in excess of 13.2, is a significant
environmental problem.
Photo/text courtesy
International Rivers Network (IRN) |
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Aluminized seafood - Norway Photo courtesy
Peter Hartmann |
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Dead catch-e-come (sea tattoo) washed ashore -
Trinidad & Tobago From this article
Smelter Plants and Pollution - What is Really going
on? |
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Floride damage to trees at Ardal - Norway
Photo courtesy Peter Hartmann |
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Lake polluted by the NACOL project.
From this article
Give Them A Voice |
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The main playground in La Oroya is located
directly across the river from the smelter.
Photo courtesy of
AIDA
La Oroya multi-metal Smelter |
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The metallurgical complex in La Oroya was built
in 1922, and purchased by Doe Run Peru in 1997.
Photo courtesy of
AIDA
La Oroya multi-metal Smelter |
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The train and trucks carrying toxic concentrates
from far-away mines pass through La Oroya Nueva and
other Andean towns before arriving at the smelter.
Photo courtesy of
AIDA
La Oroya multi-metal Smelter |
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Slag wastes are deposited on the edge of the
Mantaro River.
Photo courtesy of
AIDA
La Oroya multi-metal Smelter |
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Day and night, the children of La Oroya breathe
the smelter emissions. (Photo Credit: Bruce Wilson)
Photo courtesy of
AIDA
La Oroya multi-metal Smelter |
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Houses and apartments across the road from
dust-emitting piles hidden behind a fence. The
company claims this is coal, but workers and
residents say it is toxic mineral concentrates
waiting to be smelted.
Photo courtesy of
AIDA
La Oroya multi-metal Smelter |
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The river edge is permanently blackened by the
many mine wastes in the water.
Photo courtesy
of AIDA
La Oroya multi-metal Smelter |
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Sulphur dioxide contamination has killed all
vegetation on the surrounding hillsides.
Photo
courtesy of
AIDA
La Oroya multi-metal Smelter |
