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South Africa's Toxic Mining Legacy


South Africa's Toxic Mining Legacy
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Mining is big business in South Africa. It is the world's largest producer of chrome and platinum, and the second largest producer of palladium and zirconium. It is also the 5th largest producer of gold. But digging up all those riches is a dirty business, and it has left behind a poisonous legacy.

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