I have always wanted to visit Potosi for its famed history and so I finally had the chance to do so. After all, this mine bankrolled the Spanish Empire for centuries. It financed the nearly  ...

I always wanted to visit an open pit salt mine, for the simple fact that they are hard to find. After all, it has to be a very dry climate such that the salt is not washed away by the rain, that  ...

There is no doubt that flamingoes love the Salar de Atacama and salt flats elsewhere. These birds love them of course not for the high salinities of their brines or beautiful settings, but for  ...

  As you know, a couple weeks ago I visited the old Kennecott operation. While there and since then I was able collect a little bit more information on its operation. Over the last couple of  ...