The Riskiest Mining Jobs In The World | Risky Business Marathon | Insider News

These are the stories of the people working in the mining industry. We explore how sulfur, coal, limestone tin, and salt miners risk their lives to make ours easier.

0:00 - Intro
0:43 - Egyptian Limestone Quarry
8:53 - Pink Salt From Pakistan
17:17 - Salt From Indian Desert
31:17 - Coal
41:59 - Sulfur From Inside A Volcano
54:09 - Indonesian Tin Mining
1:06:40 - Credits

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[allisonmccune]

That was impressive watching the workers throw the limestone bricks up on the truck with such precision.

[koriw]

The way the salt mines are run reminds me of the old 19th century railroad robber-barons who would house and feed their workers at an insanely inflated price to keep them under the yoke of debt. Six families would live in a house meant for one which had one cold water tap and a single toilet in the basement. It was degrading and humiliating to work for them, just like these poor salt miners. Unable to change their fate.

I now have a new understanding of the phrase: "back to the salt mines!" as a quip when feeling tired and/or overworked. I don't think that I'll be using that phrase anymore...

[PibrochPonder]

Did you know that China started constructing a whopping 70 gigawatts (GW) of new coal power capacity in 2023 alone? That’s almost 20 times more than the rest of the world combined! To put this into perspective, it’s like adding the entire power capacity of the UK to their grid just from new coal plants. While the world is shifting towards renewable energy, China is still heavily investing in coal, raising serious environmental concerns.

Comparison Analogy:

To understand the scale of 70 GW, consider that the total installed electricity generation capacity of the UK is around 100 GW. This means China’s new coal projects in 2023 alone are nearly equivalent to the entire electricity generation capacity of the UK, highlighting the massive scale of China’s continued investment in coal power .

[georgea]

Limestone, a $70 Billion+ a year industry these MEN are paid $6.00 a day with potential $3 and tea stipends for their efforts? WTF

[JT-pglw]

21:00...He says government-subsidized solar panels power the pumps, but the pumps they are using are not electric.

[Clintoniumer]

And people in the US complain when their Starbucks is taking too long….. take nothing for granted

[danrowlands]

My hat goes off to these men Their work ethic is tough .... and those boys loading the truck wow ....Legends
Sending 🖤 from Wollongong Australia

[laurazeller]

I'm really glad to have seen this episode. It's important that we don't forget the reality of the world as it currently is.

[thogusdonatus]

The sulfur miners are a special kind of human kind more tougher than normal people i can barely walk along whit 20 kg vest and they are climing a mountain whit 70 kg D:

[andylin]

The indian coal miner could use charcoal, sand, and some mud/dirt to create a filter for her water. All the material are readily at her access, she just needs the knowledge.

[budgetking]

Modern world trying to save the world from global warming, meanwhile in India they DOUBLING kole usage, lmfao.

[karnydhillon]

Sad thing is, this is what truckings started to look like in Canada/USA. Drivers making pennys. wages are being cut for the same job, and days of sitting unpaid in other provinces countries, well everything needed to live rent to food to gas to medicine is all going thru the roof

[actionjackson]

We need to have a greater respect for our fellow humans.

[DrumToTheBassWoop]

Here's me complaining about my 9 -5 5/7 day job. 😑

[davidluciemable]

I’m going to sound so ignorant, but what language is being spoken by the locals in the Himalayan pink salt episode? I wasn’t reading the subtitles but I heard a bunch of English strung together with a bunch of words I didn’t know

[Sovereign_Citizen_LEO]

What's really mind blowing to me, is the people (pipefitters/ ironworkers) who built the sulfur pipelines into the walls of the volcano. Those people probably didn't live long doing that job.

[Sunny-upl]

I did not expect Egypt to be a part of the video, that's crazy, I hope Egypt gets more recognition!

[lookingleasuretime]

Thank-you for this reminder and eye-opener.

[lisocampos]

Life has its humor. You have to stroke a stick in and out of your mouth to refine gems.

[ipadize]

one salt miner to another salt miner who looks angry: hey, why so salty?