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71Barrick Gold — Infobox Company company name = Barrick Gold company company type = Public (tsx|ABX) (nyse|ABX) genre = foundation = 1983 founder = Peter Munk location city = Toronto location country = flagicon|CAN Canada key people = Peter Munk, Founder Chairman …
72Ranger Uranium Mine — The Ranger uranium mine is surrounded by Kakadu National Park, in the Northern Territory of Australia, 230 km east of Darwin. The orebody was discovered in 1969, and the mine commenced operation in 1980, reaching full production of uranium oxide… …
73Colomac Mine — Location …
74Rum Jungle, Northern Territory — The Rum Jungle uranium deposit in the Northern Territory, Australia was found in 1949. It is 65 kilometres south of Darwin on the East Finniss River.Original uranium mineIn 1952 the Australian Government funded the setting up of a mine and… …
75Thompson Springs, Utah — Thompson Springs, also known as Thompson, is a small, unincorporated village in central Grand County, Utah, United States. The town is just north of the east west highway route shared by Interstate 70, U.S. Route 6 and U.S. Route 50, between… …
76Roşia Montană — ( Red Creek ; Hungarian: Verespatak ; German: Goldbach ) is a commune of Alba County in the Apuseni Mountains of western Transylvania, Romania. It is located in the Valea Roşiei, through which the Roşia River flows.The rich mineral resources of… …
77Val di Stava Dam collapse — The Val di Stava Dam collapse occurred on July 19, 1985 when a tailings dam above the village of Stava, near Tesero, northern Italy, failed. It resulted in one of Italy s worst disasters, killing 268 people, destroying 62 buildings and… …
78Chat (mining) — Chat is a term for fragments of siliceous rock, limestone, and dolomite waste rejected in the lead zinc milling operations that accompanied lead zinc mining in the first half of the 20th century. Historic lead and zinc mining in the Midwestern… …
79Ok Tedi Environmental Disaster — The Ok Tedi Environmental Disaster is a term used to describe the ongoing effect of mining on the environment near the Ok Tedi River in Papua New Guinea, particularly the dumping of tailings into the river itself. Although this has been occurring …
80Calumet and Hecla Mining Company — The Calumet and Hecla Mining Company was a major copper mining company based in the Michigan Copper Country. In the 1800s, the company paid out more than $72 million in shareholder dividends, more than any other mining company in the United… …
