Inside Turkey's $2 billion marble and stone industry
Turkey has established itself as the world's leading exporter of natural stone, creating a $2 billion industry. However, the sector faces significant environmental challenges due to the accumulation of waste heaps from mining operations.
Why it matters
Illustrates the tension between economic success in the natural resources sector and the environmental costs of industrial-scale extraction.
Most of the world's marble and travertine comes from Turkey, the world's top exporter of natural stone. But even though the country has been mining for thousands of years, waste heaps are still piling up, and mining companies are struggling…
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