miners
What Happens When an International Mining Company Comes to Town?
We interviewed director Mark Grieco about his film MARMATO, which examines how mining companies descended on a town in Colombia.
If at First You Don’t Secede: The Push for Westralia
As Scotland votes on independence, an unlikely coalition of billionaire miners and xenophobic libertarians want Western Australia to follow suit.
The Congolese Miners Who Suffer So You Can Have a Smartphone
Judith Prat is a Spanish photojournalist who has been capturing the harsh realities facing miners of coltan in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Coltan is a mineral essential for the manufacture of the tiny capacitors that make smart phones, computers...
Bolivia Passed a Law Allowing Ten-Year-Olds to Work
For the 850,000 kids there who already work, the law is a huge victory: Children, just like adults, will now be entitled to a minimum wage, and they'll have full protection under the law. Of course, the dangers are obvious, too. Did Bolivia just create...
Photographing the Young Warriors of Smokey Mountain
In the Smokey Mountain community located in Tondo, people make a living through the production of charcoal. Half of the people working there are under the age of 17.
Meet the Children and Pregnant Women Carrying Rocks All Day for Albania's Mining Pirates
According to the Confederation of Trade Unions of Albania, 88 miners have died in their line of work only in the last five years. Many more have been severely injured or crippled. No one really knows how many deaths and injuries occur in the informal...
Chile's Famous Miners Produce a Rousing Video for Their World Cup Team
The miners, who were trapped underground for 69 days, urged Chile to overcome adversity in the World Cup's "Group of Death."
Police Detain 24 in Deadly Turkey Mine Disaster Probe
The move comes a day after Turkish search and rescue crew pulled the two bodies of the last missing miners.
Meet the Woman Taking On Canadian Mining Companies
Canadian mining companies are causing massive travesties in other parts of the world.
Miners Took 43 Police Officers Hostage in Bolivia
The miners wielded dynamite against the armed police forces, though it’s still unclear who provoked the fight.
Miners Just Took 43 Police Officers Hostage in Bolivia
On Monday night, a conflict between police and miners outside of Cochabamba, Bolivia, protesting Bolivia's new Mining Law left two miners dead and 50 people injured.
VICE News Capsule - Friday, March 28
YouTube blocked in Turkey, peace deal in the Philippines, miners protest in Peru and Israeli partiers arrested in Peru.