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Mining Album by pratclif@gmail.com

Large scale mining Shovels Dumpers

Homogenizing of iron ore by bucket wheel stacker and reclaimer

Blasting

Bucket wheel homgenizing and reclaiming for sales of a uniform ore

Artisanal mining

Gravel extraction in a diamond alluvial mine

Minerals in the DRC

Hydraulic shovel and dumper in an uranium mine?

Bucket wheel excavator in a large iron-mine

Room and pillar method of mining in an iron-ore mine

Underground coal mining

Open-Pit coal mining

Ore beneficiation to meet commercial grade and quality: Generally involves: Crushing Fine Grinding Floatation To separate useful mineral(s) with production of large quantities of waste, that pose environmental problems

Tailings dam in the background