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World's Largest Copper Mine Retools, Cutting Work Force

Air/Publish Date: 04/13/1989
Event Date: 04/13/1989

In the late '80s, the Kennecott Copper Mine in Utah shuts down for two years and drastically reduces worker pay and benefits to compete with copper producers in Chile, Peru, Zaire and Zambia.

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Irreplaceable Amazon Rainforest Going Up in Smoke

Air/Publish Date: 10/19/1988
Event Date: 10/19/1988

Farmers burning land in the Amazon rainforest to clear it are destroying a unique and precious ecosystem, source of oxygen, prescription drugs, and thousands of the world's plant, insect and animal species.

CLIP LENGTH: 00:04:09

South Africa is Vital Resource Source: Diamonds, Gold, Chromium, Platinum

Air/Publish Date: 08/14/1986
Event Date: 08/14/1986

South Africa, under threat of international economic sanctions, is a major global supplier of diamonds, gold, platinum metals, and manganese.

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Lost Topsoil: Erosion in America's Corn and Grain Belts

Air/Publish Date: 08/25/1984
Event Date: 08/25/1984

By 1984, American farmland has lost three billion tons of topsoil through erosion -- enough to fill 34,000 Houston Astrodomes. Some farmers are practicing soil conservation, terracing fields, or "resting" them.

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Foreign Copper Puts the Squeeze on Anaconda

Air/Publish Date: 07/01/1983
Event Date: 1880 - 1980

The Anaconda copper mines, which have been the economic heartbeat of Butte, Montana, for generations, are finally shutting down.

CLIP LENGTH: 00:02:05

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