Cement is the backbone of our economic growth, but at the same time, it is a major polluter when it comes to the climate.
Anyone traveling from Suao to Hualien will see cement mining everywhere: the long conveyor belts and the massive silos.
In general, you can walk into these areas; only the actual facilities are off-limits. At least, the employees didn’t seem to care much.
Copyright Claudius Petzold
Today, we were exploring the area above Jiufen, which once belonged to the former Benshan Shaft No. 3 mining complex. After decades of mining activity,
Dangerous (snakes, landslides) The post describes an attempt to locate Dacukeng Mine No. 6. For general informationen about Dacukeng, please see: https://lostplaces.tw/a-borrowed-life/ An elderly resident
in process I had been seeing the chimney, which indicates the presence of a former brick factory, from the train to Hukou for a long
2026/8/30 dangerous (snakes, traps, collapse) In addition to the large open mining areas and the more than 600 km of interconnected mine shafts, there were
In process The Jialuopai coalfield near Neiwan has, with a few exceptions, largely fallen into oblivion. I think this is where a new project begins:
ed. 2026/8/23 still in process dangerous (traps, snakes) Humans have done nature a great deal of wrong. They not only destroy themselves in the process—probably