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Kyrgyz Heavy Metal: Inside The Mercury Mine Of Aidarken


Kyrgyz Heavy Metal: Inside The Mercury Mine Of Aidarken
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The huge mercury mine at Aidarken in Kyrgyzstan once supplied the entire Soviet Union. It now produces a fraction of its former output, with many of its shafts still filled with floodwaters that took it out of service from 2009 to 2019.

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