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  • A chinese coal miner returning to the village of Wanghazhai after a day work.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers027.jpg
  • Lan Ba Coal Mine, an illegal coal mine on the Laoying Mountains in South West China.   Illegal coal mines normally are run by a business man in complicity with a local sheriff.  They are generally small and situated in the inner parts of mountains.  If accidents occur they are simply shut and covered as if they never existed.  In illegal coal mines accidents occur more frequently because even the basic health and safety measures are ignored.  Just the bare fact that these mines are run on just one point of entrance and exit makes them extremely dangerous: if an accident occurs close to the shaft there is no passage to escape from.  However, the economic boom of the recent years in China has seen a huge migration for work particularly from rural areas because of the enormous decline in farming.  Many desperate people leave their homes searching for work and accepting any terms of employment
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  • Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain in South West China is an illegal coal mine. They are able to operate because of the complicity with a local sheriff.  Illegal coal mines are often situated in the inner parts of mountains and very small.  If accidents occur they are simply shut and covered as if they never existed.. In coal miners run illegaly accidents occur  frequently because health and safety measures are ignored.  Just the bare fact that these mines are run on just one point of entrance and exit makes them extremely dangerous because if an accident occurs close to the shaft there is no passage to escape from.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers015.jpg
  • Overground coal is extracted and carried into wicker backets to the refinery.  Men and women carry up to 50kg of coal on their back and they are paid by the amount of backets.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers023.jpg
  • Large groups of coal miners live in the proximity of the mines.  They live together in a small space sharing all the amenities. Yushe Coal Mine, illegal coal mine on the Laoying Mountain.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers016.jpg
  • The Miao people in Guizho, south-west China. The Miao is one of the 55 recognized minority group in China.
    miao_china_ 03.jpg
  • Coal miners often live in the closest villages or next to the mines. Wangjiazhai is a typical coal mining community.  Those that live in this village work in the mines nearby, in the refinery and or in surface mining.  This is the main square of Wangjiazhai village with some of the coal miners returned from work.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers044.jpg
  • Families live close to the mines.  Their homes and lifestyles are connected to mining and to the use of coal.  Liupanshi, China
    cinzia_chinacoalminers_040.jpg
  • There are a lot of women working in coal mining overground in China. They are not allowed underground due to superstitious belief that they would bring bad luck. Their tasks are equal to men.  Overground they dug coal and carry to refineries. Wangjizhai, South West  China.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers027.jpg
  • Women are not allowed to go down the caves because of superstition so they work on surface mining only.  Their work varies from digging to carrying coal and does not differ from that of men.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers021.jpg
  • Many of the villagers of Wangjiazhai work with coal from selling to refining, digging and collecting.  Their homes and lifestyle are quite poor and coal seems to be part of it from being a source of income to be is used for heating and cooking. Children help their parents in collecting coal.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers030.jpg
  • For the illegal coal miners their accommodation in very poor and lacks of basic standards. The workers co-habit in one room. Yushe Coal Mine, Laoying Mountains, China.
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  • China is one of the largest producer of coal in the world, but it has also one of the worse recorded mining conditions. To make matters worse, illegal coal mining has increased over the years making coal miners lives at even more risks. Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain is an example of one of the illegal coal mines. The health and safety measures in the illegal coal mines are almost no-existing.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers033.jpg
  • Coal is everywhere, even at the footsteps of homes.  A home in the village of Wangjiazhai.
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  • Wangjiazhai, a village of coal miners.  Coal seems to be everywhere, on the roads, on the colour of the houses and on people.
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  • Families live close to the mines.  Their homes and lifestyle is connected to mining and to the use of coal.  A woman and child outside their home.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers_037.jpg
  • Entire families live and work in coal mining. Often they live in proximity of the mines.  Children of coal miners since early age help out.  Zhi Du coal mine.  This is a legal coal mine.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers07.jpg
  • Many of the villagers of Wangjiazhai work with coal from selling to refining, digging and collecting.  Their homes and lifestyle are quite poor and coal seems to be part of it from being a source of income to be is used for heating and cooking.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers022.jpg
  • The village of Wangjiazhai has a coal refinery where many of its inhabitants work.  The air is filled with the greyness of coal.  When i look at this picture i always feel as being the end of something.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers019.jpg
  • Wu Ci Re, coal miner sitting on the doorstep of a wooden room that he shares with a group of coal miners.  The room is the only space they have to live in and it is situated outside the mine.  Yushe Coal Mine, illegal coal mine on the Laoying Mountain.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers018.jpg
  • Normally large groups of coal miners live in the same place in the proximity of the mines.  They live together sharing all the amenities. .Laoying mountains, Yushe Coal Mine.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers017.jpg
  • Large groups of coal miners live in the proximity of the mines.  They live together in a small space sharing all the amenities. Yushe Coal Mine, illegal coal mine on the Laoying Mountain.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers016.jpg
  • The village of Wangjiazhai has a coal refinery where many of its inhabitants work.  Workers outside the refinery.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers028.jpg
  • Women are not allowed to go down the caves because of superstition so they work on surface mining only.  Their work varies from digging to carrying coal and does not differ from that of men.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers047.jpg
  • Children playing in a courtyard outside their homes, Liupanshi, China
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  • Woman riding a bicicle in Beijing, China.
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  • Early morningTai chi in a park in Beijing, China.
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  • Women belonging to the Miao tribe in south-west China
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  • Overground coal is extracted and carried into wicker backets to the refinery.  Men and women carry up to 50kg of coal on their back and they are paid by the amount of buckets.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers_039.jpg
  • wjanghazai, a coal mining village in Guizho, South West China. Miners collecting coal in an open cast area in the middle of the village.
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  • Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain. Illegal coal mine. It is a small coal mine owned by a private individual. A coal mine at work. the trolley is slided down on the rail into the tunnel.
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  • The Miao people in Guizho, south-west China. The Miao is one of the 55 recognized minority group in China.
    miao_china_ 06.jpg
  • The Miao people in Guizho, south-west China. The Miao is one of the 55 recognized minority group in China.
    miao_china_ 05.jpg
  • The Miao people in Guizho, south-west China. The Miao is one of the 55 recognized minority group in China.
    miao_china_ 02.jpg
  • Rubber boots on coal mine. China is one of the largest producer of coal in the world and it has also one of the worse recorded mining conditions. And to make matter worse, illegal coal mining has increased over the years making coal miners lives at even more risks. Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain is an example of one of the illegal coal mines. ..
    cinzia_chinacoalminers_034.jpg
  • China is one of the largest producers of coal in the world, but it has also one of the worse recorded mining conditions claiming thousands of lives every year.  To make matters worse, illegal coal mining has increased over the years putting the coal miners' lives at greater risks.  Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying Mountain is an example of one of the many illegal coal mines.  Safety measures are no-existing; broken rails, only one exit and entry point and no protective clothing or equipment to name a few.
    cinzia_chinacoaminers024.jpg
  • Large groups of coal miners live in the same accommodation in the proximity of the mines.  They share all the amenities. Yushe Coal Mine, illegal coal mine on the Laoying Mountain.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers014.jpg
  • A coal miner working overground digs and carries coal in wicker buckets. Wangjiazhai, China
    cinzia_chinacoalminers.jpg
  • Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain in South West China.  An illegal coal mine normally run by a business man in complicity with the local sheriff.  Illegal coal mines are often situated in the inner parts of mountains and very small.  If accidents occur they are simpy shut and covered as if they never existed..In coal miners run illegaly accidents occur more frequently because health and safety measures are ignored.  Just the bare fact that these mines are run on just one point of entrance and exist makes them extremely dangerous because if an accident occurs close to the shaft there is no passage to escape from.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers02.jpg
  • Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain in South West China is an illegal coal mine. Normally, these are run by a business man in complicity with a local sheriff. Illegal coal mines are often situated in the inner parts of mountains and very small. The miners are often recruited among migrant workers with a farming background.
    cinzia_coalminerschina_002.jpg
  • A security standing guard outside a small illegal coal mine on the Laoying mountains in China,
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  • Coal is used widely in every household both as a mean of heating, cooking.  Part of the coal is sold on the streets to the people. Individuals buy it in large amounts and in a rough form and then sold on the streets in carts and on bicycles.
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  • Young people in the streets of Liupanshi, China.
    Beijing
  • The Miao people in Guizho, south-west China. The Miao is one of the 55 recognized minority group in China.
    miao_china_ 07.jpg
  • The Miao people in Guizho region, south-west China. The Miao is one of the 55 recognized minority group in China.
    miao_china_ 04.jpg
  • Overground coal is extracted and carried into wicker buckets to the refinery.  Men and women carry up to 50kg of coal on their back and they are paid by the amount of buckets.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers046.jpg
  • China is one of the largest producer of coal in the world, but it has also one of the  worse recorded mining conditions. To make matters worse, illegal coal mining has increased over the years making coal miners lives at even more risks. Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain is an example of one of the illegal coal mines. The safety measures in the illegal coal mines are almost no-existing.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers_041.jpg
  • Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying Mountain in South West China is an illegal coal mine run by a business man in complicity with the local sheriff.  Illegal coal mines are often situated in the most remote parts of mountains and are very small.  If accidents occur they are simply shut and covered as if they never existed.  In coal miners run illegally accidents occur more frequently because health and safety measures are ignored. The economic boom of the recent years in China has seen a huge migration for work from rural areas because of the enormous decline in farming.  Many desperate people leave their homes searching for work and accepting any terms of employment.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers03.jpg
  • Surface mining from an open cast mining covers large areas of the village of Wangjiazhai.  Coal is extracted and carried into wicker buckets to the refinery.  Men and women carry up to 50kg of coal on their back and they are paid by the amount of buckets.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers020.jpg
  • Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain in South West China.  An illegal coal mine normally run by a business man in complicity with the local sheriff.  Illegal coal mines are often situated in the inner parts of mountains and very small.  If accidents occur they are simpy shut and covered as if they never existed..In coal miners run illegaly accidents occur more frequently because health and safety measures are ignored.  Just the bare fact that these mines are run on just one point of entrance and exist makes them extremely dangerous because if an accident occurs close to the shaft there is no passage to escape from.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers02.jpg
  • Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying Mountains in South West China.  An illegal coal mine normally run by a business man in complicity with the local sheriff.  Illegal coal mines are generally situated in the inner parts of mountains and very small.  If accidents occur they are simply shut and covered as if they never existed.  In coal miners run illegally accidents occur more frequently because health and safety measures are ignored.  Just the bare fact that these mines run on just one point of entrance and exit makes them extremely dangerous because if an accident occurs close to the shaft there is no passage to escape from.  However, the economic boom of the recent years in China has seen a huge migration for work particularly from rural areas because of the enormous decline in farming.  Many desperate people leave their homes searching for work and accepting any terms of employment.
    cinzia_chinacoal_miners09.jpg
  • Zhi Du Coal Mine, Laoyshing mountains.  This is a legal coal mine.  Workers are registered and do enjoy better working conditions.  Two coal miners resting.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers031.jpg
  • Wangjiazhai is a coal village. Coal permeates the life style of its inhabitants and it is the main source of income.  Coal is employed for heating and cooking.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers_035.jpg
  • Over 5.000 workers from around the world were employed in the construction of the Karahnjukar dam in Iceland and a temporary camp was built for this community.
    Karahnjukar_20060614_0043.jpg
  • The Miao people in Guizho, south-west China. The Miao is one of the 55 recognized minority group in China.
    miao_china_ 06.jpg
  • Coal miners villages rely heavily in coal as a means for cooking and heating.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers050.jpg
  • Lan Ba Coal Mine, an illegal coal mine on the Laoying Mountains in South West China.  Illegal coal mines normally are run by a business man in complicity with a local sheriff.  They are generally small and situated in the inner parts of mountains.  If accidents occur they are simply shut and covered as if they never existed.  In illegal coal mines accidents occur more frequently because even the basic health and safety measures are ignored.  Just the bare fact that these mines are run on just one point of entrance and exit makes them extremely dangerous: if an accident occurs close to the shaft there is no passage to escape from.  However, the economic boom of the recent years in China has seen a huge migration for work particularly from rural areas because of the enormous decline in farming.  Many desperate people leave their homes searching for work and accepting any terms of employment.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers_043.jpg
  • Coal miners working in overground mining.
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  • One of the largest group of workers come from China, hence buses going to the tunnel and back have the writing in chinese. Karahnjukar, Iceland
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