In mining, the face is the surface where the mining work is advancing. In surface hi mining it is commonly called pit face, in underground mining a common...

mining. While the technology has changed considerably, the basic idea remains the same, to remove essentially all of the coal from a broad coal face and...

solid object Face (hieroglyph), a portrayal of the human face, frontal view. Face (mining), the surface where the mining work is advancing Face (sociological...

Surface mining, including strip mining, open-pit mining and mountaintop removal mining, is a broad category of mining in which soil and rock overlying...

earth through mining. There are two senses in which the term is used. In its narrowest sense, a miner is someone who works at the rock face; cutting, blasting...

Mining is the extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth. Mining is required to obtain most materials that...

Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely...

the face area as mining occurs, resulting in stress relaxation (see below). The stress regime at the face - high stress on and around the mining face can...

Open-pit mining, also known as open-cast or open-cut mining and in larger contexts mega-mining, is a surface mining technique that extracts rock or minerals...

Gold mining is the extraction of gold by mining. Historically, mining gold from alluvial deposits used manual separation processes, such as gold panning...

Shaft mining or shaft sinking is the action of excavating a mine shaft from the top down, where there is initially no access to the bottom. Shallow shafts...

and advanced the techniques of producing salt. Salt mining was an arduous task for them, as they faced geographical and technological constraints. Salt was...

Mining in Mexico represented 2.4% of the nation's gross domestic product in 2023 and employed 350,000 people in 2020. Mexico is the world's largest producer...

underground coal mining, although accidents also occur in hard rock mining. Coal mining is considered much more hazardous than hard rock mining due to flat-lying...

Soul Mining is the debut studio album by the English post-punk and synth-pop band The The. After a bidding war between major record labels which resulted...

was introduced in 2009. Mining is measured by hash rate, typically in TH/s. A 2023 IMF working paper found that crypto mining could generate 450 million...

and marine biodiversity. The people of Nauru also face continued negative health effects from the mining in the form of phosphate dust pollution and cadmium...

Environmental impact of mining can occur at local, regional, and global scales through direct and indirect mining practices. Mining can cause erosion, sinkholes...

This is a partial glossary of coal mining terminology commonly used in the coalfields of the United Kingdom. Some words were in use throughout the coalfields...

Asteroid mining is the hypothetical extraction of materials from asteroids and other minor planets, including near-Earth objects. Notable asteroid mining challenges...

Underground soft-rock mining is a group of underground mining techniques used to extract coal, oil shale, potash, and other minerals or geological materials...

The European mining industry has a long tradition. Although the continent's mining earns for a small share of GDP, it provides a large and significant...

extraction and haulage of coal and minerals in both underground and surface mining. The company had manufacturing facilities in Alabama, Pennsylvania, Texas...

has faced many acts of environmental injustice including child labor under fatal conditions, exploitation of laborers, and displacement. Mining law in...

small-scale mining (ASM) is a blanket term for a type of subsistence mining involving a miner who may or may not be officially employed by a mining company...

Mining in Australia has long been a significant primary sector industry and contributor to the Australian economy by providing export income, royalty payments...

Corporation is an American gold mining company based in Greenwood Village, Colorado. It is the world's largest gold mining corporation. Incorporated in 1921...

Automated mining involves the removal of human labor from the mining process. The mining industry is in the transition towards automation. It can still...

The History of coal mining goes back thousands of years, with early mines documented in ancient China, the Roman Empire and other early historical economies...

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