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Environmental hazards in Chile’s mines

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Afshin Rattansi goes underground on how the mining of its resources are linked to environmental disaster, and the London Stock Exchange. Patricio Bustamante Diaz, Archeo-Astronomist and Community Advisor in the mining community of Caimanes, Chile, discusses the effects of copper mining on the environment.

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Video: RTUnderground. May 2016

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