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RE: Humboldt's New World on the Brink of Destruction. Venezuela Mining Crisis.

in #steemstem6 years ago

Are there pictures of diamond mines in Venezuela? I mean, you have pictures showing environmental damage of strip mining, but these are from coal. Is strip mining used to extract diamonds? I thought diamonds were excavated, but I might be wrong.

Also, my limited understanding of mining is that diamond mining is one of the least damaging operation because the diamonds are chemically inert so we don't use chemical leaching methods. Is this true?