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How technology is creating a safer and more environmentally friendly future for mining

Video. How technology is creating a safer and more environmentally friendly future for mining

Updated: 09/07/2019 - 12:29 GMT+2

In partnership withThe European Commission

Mining has traditionally been a dangerous activity with a heavy environmental cost. But European projects are helping to make it safer and cleaner, by taking existing technologies and applying them to the context of mining.

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