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  • 1mining — /muy ning/, n. 1. the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines. 2. the laying of explosive mines. [1250 1300; ME: undermining (walls in an attack); see MINE2, ING1] * * * I Excavation of materials from the Earth s… …

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  • 2Mining — This article is about the extraction of geological materials from the Earth. For the municipality in Austria, see Mining, Austria. For the siege tactic, see Mining (military). For name of the Chinese emperor, see Daoguang Emperor. Simplified… …

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  • 3Mining engineering — Surface coal mine with haul truck in foreground Mining engineering is an engineering discipline that involves the practice, the theory, the science, the technology, and application of extracting and processing minerals from a naturally occurring… …

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  • 4Coal mining — Men leaving a UK colliery at the close of a shift Surface coal mining in Wyo …

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  • 5coal mining — Coal was very important in the economic development of Britain. It was used as fuel in the factories built during the Industrial Revolution and continued to be important until the 1980s. The main coalfields are in north east England, the north… …

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  • 6History of coal mining — Due to its abundance, coal has been mined in various parts of the world throughout history and continues to be an important economic activity today. Compared to wood fuels, coal yields a higher amount of energy per mass and could be obtained in… …

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  • 7Nickel mining in New Caledonia — A creek in southern New Caledonia. Red colours reveal the richness of the ground in nickel and iron oxides Location …

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  • 8auger mining — ▪ coal mining       method for recovering coal (coal mining) by boring into a coal seam at the base of strata exposed by excavation. Normally one of the lowest cost techniques of mining, it is limited to horizontal or slightly pitched seams that… …

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  • 9Underground mining (hard rock) — A three dimensional model of an underground mine with shaft access Underground hard rock mining refers to various underground mining techniques used to excavate hard minerals, mainly those containing metals[1] such as ore containing gold …

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  • 10Mountaintop removal mining — Mountaintop removal site Mountaintop removal in Martin County, Kentucky M …

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