gold
Throughout the ages, gold represents a symbol of beauty, well-being and wealth. Yellow metal is a precious metal, measured for other metals. Some studies of gold extraction sites have revealed that most of the production of this mineral, estimated at 70% of world production, was in developing countries, particularly in Ghana, Peru and Guatemala.
Mining workers in developing countries are constantly critical of large mining companies that are exploiting their lowest price for extracting the most precious metals. However, these companies say they provide jobs to large numbers of people, while providing modern technological tools to help workers to perform their duties quickly and comfortably.
Prospecting for gold
The exploration of gold is an industry like most extractive industries, which raises many questions and issues, all of which are social problems, but the extraction of gold is one of the most industries that would have a significant impact on the ground may threaten the environment and sometimes life. Some studies say that the manufacture of a ring weighs only ten grams of gold, resulting in a huge amount of waste from the mines up to 20 tons, and thus find groups interested in environmental protection accuses the companies that are mining gold, that rich countries can not afford the waste issued by M Total gold thrown in rivers and oceans in tonnes, how the poor and developing countries, which is the largest mines in the world.
Many people living in places close to the gold mining mines suffer a great deal and bear the burden of these mines environment, so in some areas of Peru and Guatemala the residents have staged demonstrations to protest and close these mines, and some areas have filed lawsuits against these companies that leave a lot of negative effects as a result of throwing waste.
The most famous mines in the mining of gold are large mines located in the area of northern Peru, known as Yanakocha. In some regions of Peru and Guatemala, thirty grams of gold can be obtained through 30 tons of soil. In the Nevada mines which is located in the United States, thirty grams of gold can be obtained through a hundred tons of dirt.
Despite the beauty and magnificence enjoyed by gold metal, it has been described as “the dirtiest industry” in the world, and perhaps this description came from the metal caused by conflicts for possession, not to mention violations of human rights, in addition to the destruction of communities in general, and the destruction of the environment.