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  • 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. ..
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • China is one of the largest producer of coal in the world. Some areas where coal is abundant the whole population works around the coal from extracting, refining, selling and also employing it for cooking and heating. Many women are working in coal mining, although they are not allowed to work underground. . .
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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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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 just shut and covered as if nothing ever was running there..A coal miner outside the cave working on the coal extracted.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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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 backets.
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  • 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
  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • A coal miner in Wangjiazhai, South West China, working over-ground mining. Coal miners carry up to 50kg of coal on their back. They are paid by the amount of buckets they fill and carry.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • The village of Wangjiazhai has a coal refinery where many of its inhabitants work.  Workers outside the refinery.
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  • 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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  • A chinese coal miner returning to the village of Wanghazhai after a day work.
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  • Coal miners working in overground mining.
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  • 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.
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