Limestone is used in everything from cement and tiles to paper- and plastic-making. The Egyptians that mine the haunting white mountains risk their lives and limbs to get it. | Business Insider Today

𝗧𝗢𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗧 𝗣𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗖𝗞 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗥 A truck carrying toilet paper has gone up in flames on the Princes Highway at Greenwald in the early hours of this morning. At 3:40am CFS crews from the Mount Gambier area were called over the border to the scene, just east of Dartmoor, with it believed the truck's brakes caught fire with the flames then spreading throughout. Mount Gambier man Jay was first on scene and captured this footage, saying once the fire took hold

Limestone is an important rock used to make many materials, including cement and glass. However, mining limestone is dangerous and difficult — miners risk their lives slicing the stone with razor-sharp blades. #limestone #mining #bigbusiness #insider | Insider