reporter: but the monks and nuns don't think it would be a good thing to destroy mount katchkanar.y say the iron-or e deposits aren't rich enough to feed the 40,000 residents of the city of katchkanar, at the foot of the mountain, for years. the steel manufacturer and the local government disagree. minerals have been mined in this region for more than 50 years. no one here can imagine a life without mining. >> when i was still in school, my parents said, 'the mine is your future. you can always get a job there.' i still have this job, and i hope to keep it. otherwise i'd have to leave the city or turn to crime toto get money. i don't have any other choice. i have to feed my family. reporter: the e mined ore is immediately crushed, separated, concentrated, and sent to the gigantic steel plants in nizhni tagil, in the central ural mountains. without freshly-mined ore, production ceases, and with it revenues and jobs. that's why the steel industry regagards the disappearance of e buddhist temple as a done deal. >> we think in purely material categories. we don't have anything agagaint

reporter: but the monks and nuns don't thin wou be a good thing to destroy mount katchkanar.y say the iron-or e deposits aren't rich enough to feed the 40,000 residents of the city of katchkanar, at the foot of the mountain, for years. the steel manufacturer and the local government disagree. minerals have been mined in this region for more than 50 years. no one here can imagine a life without mining. >> when i was still in school, my parents said, 'the mine is your future. you can always get a job there.' i still have this job, and i hope to keep it. otherwise i'd have to leave the city or turn to crime to get money. i don't have any other choice. i have to feed my family. reporter: the mined ore is immediately crushed, separated, concentrated, and sent to the gigantic steel plants in nizhni tagil, in the central ural mountains. without freshly-mined ore, production ceases, and with it revenues and jobs. that's why the steel industry regards the disappearance of the buddhist temple as a de deal. >> we think in purely material categories. we don't have anything against the pe