Houses sink away and rivers poisoned: European energy transition built on ‘black gold’ from corrupt mining Georgia

Houses that tear open and sink into the ground, rivers that color pitch black and workers who suffocate underground in poisonous vapors. In the Georgian mining town of Chiatura the misery is tangible, and yet Europe continues to buy eagerly. Because underground the ‘black gold’ is indispensable for a green future: manganese.

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