Russian photographer Dmitry Ivanov was allowed to tag along on a sulfur-mining expedition through Ijen's central crater, and the photos he gathered are nothing short of …
Sulfur is one of those elements that's remarkably abundant in the universe and while it does occur in its elemental state, it's more typically found as a compound with something else. This is thanks to sulfur's ability to form more than 30 allotropes, or different forms in the same physical state, and to the wide range of …
Browse sulfur mining mines in The United States by region—including Alabama, Alaska, Arizona.
Metallic sulfide mining (aka hard rock mining) is the practice of extracting metals such as nickel, gold and copper from a sulfide-rich ore body. Sulfides are a geologic byproduct of mining in …
Sulfur mining for the so-called "devil's gold" is one of the world's most dangerous jobs. Click to read more.
It is a heart-wrenching story of the inhumane working conditions, indentured servitude of mere children, and the deaths and crippling diseases wrought upon men and boys by the mine owners. Large deposits of sulfur were found in …
Mount Ijen hosts one of the last remaining active sulfur mines in the world, and while its otherworldly vistas have captivated scientists and travelers for more than two centuries, in recent...
In 2014 Italian photojournalist Luca Catalano Gonzaga went to Indonesia and spent ten days inside what he calls "the womb" of the Kawah Ijen volcano in East Java. Here, men toil in arduous...
Miners collect sulphur on Mt. Ijen on the Indonesian island of Java. To celebrate his wife's birthday last year, Canadian photographer Larry Louie took her to a sulfur mine. That wasn't the...
