mining ship
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… …
2Mining in the United Kingdom — Kellingley Colliery on the border of West and North Yorkshire. Mining in the United Kingdom produces a wide variety of mineral fuels, metals, and industrial minerals. In 2006, there were over 2200 active mines, quarries, and offshore drilling… …
3Peace in Africa (ship) — Peace in Africa during the 2006 refitting on the Tyne. Photo by Gary Williams. Career …
4Deep sea mining — is a relatively new mineral retrieval process that takes place on the ocean floor. Ocean mining sites are usually around large areas of polymetallic nodules or active and extinct hydrothermal vents at about 1,400 3,700 meters below the ocean’s… …
5History of mining in Sardinia — Mining and the processing of minerals date back to ancient times in Sardinia.Ancient traders and conquerors, attracted by the astonishing underground riches, were drawn to the island s coast. Evidence of ancient metal processing is given in the… …
6Vale (mining company) — Vale S.A. Type Sociedade Anônima Traded as BM F Bovespa …
7coal 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… …
8Copper mining in Arizona — Position of Arizona Location State Arizona …
9Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works — Former type Private Industry Shipbuilding Predecessor Reaney, Son Archbold Successor Chester Shipbuilding Co. Founded 1871 …
10Double acting ship — MT Tempera, the first double acting tanker, breaking ice astern Double acting ship (DAS) is a type of icebreaking merchant ship designed to run ahead in open water and astern (in layman s terms, backwards) in ice. Such ships can operate… …
