(Baonghean.vn) - For nearly a month, hundreds of people from the communes of Tri Le, Quang Phong, Cam Muon, Chau Thon... (Que Phong district, Nghe An province) have been flocking to Ta Pan village, Tri Le commune, to dig and search for tin ore.
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| This is the waste dump of Ngoc Sang Joint Stock Company, which used to mine iron ore and whose license has expired (since December 2015) but has not been restored. |
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| Every day, hundreds of people from the communes of Chau Thon, Tri Le, Quang Phong, Cam Muon, etc., come here to scavenge for tin ore. |
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| The ore gatherers use shovels to dig and sift through the soil from the mountains in Ta Pan village, Tri Le commune, Que Phong district, to find ore. |
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| A woman, using her familiar basket, usually used for carrying grass, rice, etc., now carries soil to extract tin ore. |
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| Along with scavenging for what was left over from the area that used to be the company's ore processing site... |
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| ...many people used sacks to carry soil down to the riverbank to sift. |
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| After bringing the soil down to the riverbank, they used sieves to sift and separate the raw ore. |
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| The process of panning for ore is entirely manual, without gloves, posing a health risk. |
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| Household items such as basins and baskets were used to hold ore. |
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| Tin miners from distant villages even bring their own rice to eat right at the "mining site". |
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| Many households living near the area even bring soil containing ore back and stockpile it under their floors. |
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| The business of selling slag for tin mining also thrives during this period. According to Mr. Lu Van Cuong, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Tri Le commune, the phenomenon of people scavenging for tin ore has been going on for nearly a month. Upon discovering the problem, the district and commune authorities sent police to disperse them, but because they cannot be on duty 24/7, the situation has returned to its original state. |
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