Mining industry of Burkina Faso
id:
mining-industry-of-burkina-faso-204-3117002
title:
Mining industry of Burkina Faso
text:
Gold Mining often plays a significant role in Burkina Faso’s economy. Burkina Faso has become Africa's 4th biggest producer of gold in 2012. Production of mineral commodities is limited to cement, dolomite, gold, granite, marble, phosphate rock, pumice, other volcanic materials, and salt. Child slavery is commonplace in the gold industry. Mining accidents are not uncommon, with one of the most prominent cases being when eight miners were trapped underground in the Canadian-owned zinc mine in Per
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining_industry_of_Burkina_Faso
date created:
2008-06-17T06:55:34Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T20:53:44Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q6865614","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6865614"}
image:
fields total:
13
integrity:
14