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Belgian miner Vincent Theret, said to be the last miner of Belgium, works at the “Grand ouvrage” shale mine in Alle, near Semois, on September 17, 2021. In this impressive cathedral-like cavity on the heights of the village of Alle-sur-Semois, he recovers the waste left behind by the miners who extracted the slate. He then “revalorises” this emblematic schist of the region, to make tiles, sinks, coping stones for swimming pools.Inside the gallery, damp and dark, lit by spotlights, he handles his excavator to load tons of stones (Photo by Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP Photo)
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