Bolivia, flooding of mine cooperative leaves 1000 without jobs

Posted on August 23, 2011 • Filed under: Bolivia, Enviromental Issues, Latin America Mining

Bolivia’s official state news agency ABI reported that Saturday’s flooding by the Tipuani River has unexpectedly swept away several gold mining cooperatives in the Department of La Paz, generating US$12 million in losses. There are no human casualties in the flooding, ABI reported Monday. Read Article

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