Vivvo CMS 4.1 PRI: Public Radio International http://www.pri.org/ ©2010 Spoonlabs d.o.o. PRI: Public Radio International http://www.pri.org/files.php?file=rss_682409203.gif http://www.pri.org/ Colombian miners looking to more environmentally friendly gold mining process http://www.pri.org/stories/science/environment/colombian-miners-looking-to-more-environmentally-friendly-gold-mining-process-12520.html Environment Mon, 31 Dec 2012 11:40:00 -0600 Colombia is a relatively large producer of gold on the global scale, but it has an out-sized role in the amount of pollution it produces. But a new group of miners, small now, is turning to a more earth-friendly, even historic, way of separating gold from ore. PRI: Public Radio International