Ten largest gold mines in the world
Beyond the Rainbow Nation: Grasberg and Other Global Gold Giants 1. South Deep gold mine, South Africa 2. Grasberg gold…
Beyond the Rainbow Nation: Grasberg and Other Global Gold Giants 1. South Deep gold mine, South Africa 2. Grasberg gold…
United States of America - 250.2 billion tonnes The United States holds the world’s biggest coal reserves. The nation’s proved…
Belaz 75710 Belaz 75710, with a payload capacity of 496t, is the biggest mining dump truck in the world. The…
Benxihu Colliery Disaster (1942) - China The Benxihu colliery disaster occured on 26 April 1942 in the Honkeiko coal mine,…
Glencore Xtrata Glencore Xstrata, created through the merger of the world's biggest commodities trader Glencore and the diversified mining company…
Pebble, Alaska, USAThe Alaskan mining project Pebble, potentially the world's biggest multi-metal mine containing an estimated 80.6 billion pounds of…
China China has been by far the biggest coal producing country over the last three decades. The country produced about…
Penasquito, Mexico Penasquito, located in the north-eastern part of the state of Zacatecas, Mexico, is the world's biggest silver mine…
Escondida, Chile Escondida copper mine in the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile is the world's largest copper mine by reserve.…
McArthur River, Canada McArthur River mine located about 620km north of Saskatoon, Canada, is currently the world's largest uranium producing…