Romania / South Africa / Peru / Belgium / Azerbaijan / United States / Canada / /
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USD / /
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Product Issues / Man-Made Disaster / /
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Imperial College / South Africa’s TauTona mine / Umicore’s plant / Queen’s University / /
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by-product / metal mining industry / even avoiding mining / gold-processing plant / electronics recycling industry / less dangerous chemicals / precious metal / e-scrap / responsible mining / less valuable metal / waste electronics / gold metal / satellite signals / electronic devices / gold mining industry / electronics / loading algorithm / scrap electronics / main chemical / mining / closed-loop systems / underground mining / chemical / resin technology / cyanide solution / chemicals / discarded electronics / /
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Someş river / Andes / Danube / /
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Queen’s University in Kingston / Imperial College London / US Environmental Protection Agency / civil society / Mintek / United Nations Environment Programme / /
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Alan Septoff / BRIAN OWENS / Jason Goulden / Joshua Marshall / Steve McKinnon / John Monhemius / Christian Hagelüken / /
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recycling engineer / freelance science writer / architect / RT / director of metals and mining at the SNL Metals Economics Group / director at Earthworks / communications director / mining engineer / mineral engineer / /
TOM FOX/DALLAS MORNING NEWS/CORBIS OUTLOOK GOLD Miners walk between elevators en route to the depths of South Africa’s TauTona mine, the world’s deepest gold mine, 4 km below the surface.