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Globally, Metal Mining Employs Less Than 1% of the Workforce But Consumes as Much as 10% of Energy
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Globally, Metal Mining Employs Less Than 1% of the Workforce But Consumes as Much as 10% of Energy
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Saturday, June 19, 2010 - 12:39pm
Unstable Governments
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The Democratic Republic of Congo produces more than $2 billion of diamonds annually, but 90% of its population (60 million people) lives in poverty
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70% of the world's gold comes from developing countries such as Guatemala and Ghana
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Nearly 2 million children work in mines around the world. Thousands more children work in cutting and polishing factories
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Burma exports 80-90% of the world's rubies and jadeite
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Madagascar produces 50% of the world's sapphires
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Globally, metal mining employs less than 1% of the workforce but consumes as much as 10% of energy
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