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 | The three huge open pit coal mining sites of Inden, Heimbach and Garzweiler in western Germany, including the power plants of Weisweiler, Neurath and Frimmersdorf and placemarks for all mammut bucket chain excavators. |  | 03/31/2006 | 620 | 
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 | This is a large diamond mine in Russia next to Mirna city. Its depth is 525 m and diameter is 1,25 km. | | 03/28/2006 | 11,478 |
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 | Many large (45,500 ton) Krupps strip mining machines in Germany |  | 03/27/2006 | 1,184 |
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 | The salt mountain or also kali mountain is the kali stockpile in Neuhof-Ellers of the K+S Kali GmbH. It is also called in the vernacular "Monte Kali". The stockpile consists of approx 50 million tons predominantly sodium chloride and calcium sulfate and is thus one of the largest dumps of Europe.
http://www.rhoenseite.de/galerie/rhoen/kaliberg.html |  | 03/27/2006 | 459 |
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 | This is the old Silverwood Colliery near Rotherham.
Once held the record for 1 million tonnes of coal produced in a week. Closed down shortly after the miners strike in the 80's. |  | 03/15/2006 | 297 |
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 | Gold Mine in the West of Asturias | | 03/08/2006 | 382 |
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 | This is a world cultural heritage, where you can find fossils. | | 02/28/2006 | 221 |
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 | This powerplant in Niederaussem west of Cologne is a new one that replaced the old brown coal plant. South west you see the remains of the old brown coal briquette factory and their brown coal mines. |  | 02/28/2006 | 384 |
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 | The largest man-made hole in Africa is located 360 kilometres north-east of South African capital, Pretoria. The Palabora copper mine was excavated open-cast for 38 years: the end-result is easily visible from space: the pit now approaches 2000 metres in diameter and 762 metres deep (more than 230 metres beneath sea level).
In 2002 owner Rio Tinto declared the pit's depth meant surface e... | | 01/05/2006 | 1,663 |
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 | This was at one time the world's largest limestone quarry. Half of the site will soon be used as a reservior for the sewer system during heavy rain situations. | | 12/26/2005 | 419 |
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 | Gravel pits and little lake of the Corsica south _near Porto-vecchio | | 12/26/2005 | 588 |
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 | Lazarevac open mine. Situated 40 kilometers south from Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro. | | 12/09/2005 | 532 |
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 | The Black Thunder thermal coal mine, located in the Southern Powder River Basin of Wyoming has the the third-largest dragline ever built, it was assembled on site over a three-year period at a cost of US$50 million. It's name is Ursa Major.
More information at:
http://www.mining-technology.com/projects/thunder/ | | 12/09/2005 | 667 |
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 | a mine in the middle of France. | | 11/27/2005 | 373 |
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 | A mine near Nantes in France. | | 11/27/2005 | 467 |
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 | The phosphate deposits in Boucraa, have been considered Western Sahara's main natural resources. Northwest of the site is the departure of a giant conveyor belt to the port of El Ayoun,100 km away. | | 11/22/2005 | 630 |
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 | The (hard) coal mine “Colliery Prosper Haniel” in Bottrop, Ruhr Area has got four locations:
The mines Prosper IV and Prosper V in Kirchhellen (a part of Bottrop), the biggest one: Haniel, near Oberhausen and Prosper II, an abandoned pit near the Coke plant “Prosper”. Here is only coal dressing, the Training and a Monument called „Malakow-Turm”.
The colliery's important data: 4.19... | | 11/22/2005 | 408 |
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 | Cole Mine near Eppingen/Gemmingen (GER) | | 11/20/2005 | 432 |
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 | Chuquicamata is the biggest copper mine in the world. It is located near to Calama city at north of Chile. |  | 11/01/2005 | 793 |
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 | Homestake Gold Mine was the oldest, largest and deepest mine in the Western Hemisphere, reaching more than 8000 feet below the town of Lead. | | 10/31/2005 | 1,185 |
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 | A very large quarry in Cheektowaga NY. Buffalo Crushed Stone provides crushed stone for construction sites, roadways, and other commerical uses in Western New York. | | 10/29/2005 | 199 |
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 | Ovacik Gold Mine Bergama Izmir TURKEY. From flight between Istanbul and Izmir in 2004. Projection is not so bad but the mine has changed significantly over the time. Thanks for looking. | | 10/26/2005 | 891 |
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 | an aggregate quarry in south Nantes, very very close from houses! | | 10/22/2005 | 243 |
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 | Here you see two (in the north a third one) brown coal opencast workings. They wander to the north. Several villages have been destroid and rebuild on other places. | | 10/10/2005 | 477 |
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 | Open-cut Coal Mine, Victoria, Australia. | | 10/08/2005 | 496 |
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