Mining in the World - Index

Mining: Recent Additions

Top Mining Companies Index

Mining Operations: BHP Billiton, Interactive Mind Map.

Mining Operations: Barrick Gold, Interactive Mind Map.

Mining Haul Truck - Index.

Mining Power Shovel - Index.

Mining and Blasting - Index

Gold Mining in Action - Index

Copper Mining in Action - Index

Diamond Mining in Action - Index

Mining Training Simulators - Index.
This usually occurs when it is prohibitively expensive or simply too dangerous to allow trainees to use the real equipment in the mining.

Caterpillar Mining Equipment - Index

Komatsu Mining Equipment in action - Index

P&H Mining Equipment - Index.
Video and News.

Mining Operations: BHP Billiton, Index.
BHP Billiton is the world's largest mining company and a global leader in the resources industry.

Mining Operations: Anglo American Index.

Mining Operations: Xstrata, Index.

Mining Mind Maps - Index

Mining Operations: Anglo American Mind Map.

Mining Operations: Xstrata, Interactive Mind Map.

Mining Operations: Gold Fields Mind Map.

Wolfram Alpha Examples: Mining, Engineering, Materials, Chemistry, Interactive Mind Map.
Computational Knowledge Engine.

Bucyrus Mining Equipment - Index
In February 2010, Bucyrus International completed a US $1.3 billion acquisition of the mining equipment division of Terex Corporation.

Terex Mining Equipment - Index
Drilling, digging, hauling and processing. Terex matches the world’s largest hydraulic mining shovels with rugged haul trucks, advanced drilling machines and a complete line of materials processing equipment.
In February 2010, Terex sold its mining equipment division to Bucyrus International Inc. for US$1.3 billion.

Liebherr Mining Equipment - Index
The worldwide mining industry uses large loading and transport vehicles and machines from Liebherr for open-cast mining and the extraction of raw materials. These giants move enormous amounts of material under the most arduous conditions and have convinced operators of their high level of reliability.

Mining Operations: Rio Tinto, Index.

Bingham Canyon Mine - Index

Kalgoorlie "Golden Mile" - Index

Gemcom Mining Software Solutions.
Interactive Visual Mind Map.

Diavik Diamond Mine, Index.
The Diavik Diamond Mine is located in one of the most remote and forbidding places in the world – 220 kilometers south of the Arctic Circle and on the bed of a vast northern lake, Lac de Gras.

OTR (Off-The-Road) Mining Tires - Index.

Robotics Index.

Volvo Construction Equipment - Index.

Grasberg Mine, Index.
The largest gold mine and the third largest copper mine in the world.

Robotics: BigDog in Action by Boston Dynamics, Video and News.

Hull-Rust-Mahoning Mine Index.
The largest open pit iron mine in the world.

Open-Pit Mining: Penrhyn Slate Quarry Bethesda - Index.

Mining in Peru Index.

Tau Tona Gold Mine - Index.
The world's deepest mining operations

Mining Disasters and Accidents - Index.

Mining companies in Peru will invest $51.49 billion in new mines and expansion projects.
Map and News, October 2011.
Conga, Las Bambas, Toquepala, Cuajone, Ilo Refinery.

Toromocho Copper Mining Index.

Yanacocha Mine Index.

Cerro Corona Gold Mine Index.

Euclid Haul Truck in Action - Index.

Tagebau Garzweiler Mine, Germany - Index.

Tau Tona Gold Mine, South Africa. Maps and News.
Tau Tona is currently home to the world's deepest mining operations.

Mining Engineering Jobs, Interactive Mind Map.

Fortune 500 2010 by Industries, Interactive Mind Map
Mining and Crude-Oil Production Industry.

Copper Mining Projects: Peru Seen Consolidating World Number Two Position In Copper April 9, 2010.

Gold mining in Nevada
CAT 793D & Hitachi Shovel.

Toquepala Index.

Raspadskaya Coal Mine Accident.
Video, Map, and News.
May 12, 2010. 60 dead in Russian mine blasts

Montcoal West Virginia Mine Explosion.
Video, Map, and News.
April 6, 2010, 3:30 PM. Rescuers suspended efforts early Tuesday to find four missing coal miners in West Virginia after a mine explosion killed 25 others in the deadliest such disaster in the United States in decades.

Diavik Diamond Mine. Video and Map.
The Diavik Diamond Mine is located in one of the most remote and forbidding places in the world – 220 kilometers south of the Arctic Circle and on the bed of a vast northern lake, Lac de Gras.

Orapa Diamond Mine and Caterpillar Haul Trucks. Video and Map.
The Orapa diamond mine is the world's largest diamond mine.

Orapa Diamond Mine and Komatsu Haul Trucks. Video and Map.
The Orapa diamond mine is the world's largest diamond mine.

Interactive Mind Map based on Caterpillar Technology Services.

Interactive Mind Map based on Caterpillar Products.

Olympic Dam Mine Expansion 3D Description, Video, Map and News.
It is the fourth largest copper deposit and the largest known single deposit of uranium in the world, though uranium represents only a minority of the mine's total revenue.

Bingham Canyon Mine: the Smelting and SX/EW process.
Educational Video
World's Largest Mine - Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine.

Bingham Canyon Mine. Video
World's Largest Mine - Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine.

Mining Accidents: Crash.
Video and News.

Mining Accident: Haul Truck. Video and News.

Mining Operation: 300-tonne Euclid AC Electric Drive Dumper with Trolley assist.
Video and News.

The Mirny Open Pit Diamond Mine. Video and Map.
It is 525 meters (1,720 ft) deep and is the second largest excavated hole in the world, after Bingham Canyon Mine.

The Udachnaya (Udachny) Pipe Diamond Mine. Video and Map.
One of the deepest diamond mines in the world.

Mining Simulator. Video and News.
Immersive Technologies - Custom Mine Sites.

Terex MT6300 Mining Haul Truck. Video and News.

Terex RH120 - RH400: Hydraulic Mining Excavator.
Video and News.

Haul Truck: Alderox ASA-12 Mining release. Video and News.
Alderox ASA-12 Mining release agent product being applied to haul truck with automated spray system at a gold mine in the western United States.

Automated Haul Truck Wash. Video and News.
By InterClean Equipment.

Training Simulator for a Caterpillar Mining Haul Truck. Video and News.
By Immersive Technologies.

Training Simulator for a Liebherr T 282 B Mining Haul Truck. Video and News.
By Immersive Technologies.

Training Simulator for a P&H MinePro 4100XPC, 4100 Boss, Electric Rope Shovel . Video by Immersive Technologies.

Training Simulator for the Komatsu WA1200-3 Wheel Loader - Video.
By Immersive Technologies.

Training Simulator for the Hitachi EX5500-5 mining excavator & shovel
By Immersive Technologies.

Mining Matters in your Everyday Life. Video.
The Colorado Mining Association.

Red Dog Mine, Economic Benefits for Alaska.
Red Dog Mine is the world's largest producer of zinc and has the world's largest zinc reserves.

Red Dog Mine, Alaska and CAT 992 and 777F Haul Truck in Action. Video and News.
The mine is the world's largest producer of zinc and has the world's largest zinc reserves.

Tagebau Garzweiler coal mine, Open Pit Mining Operation.
Video and Interactive Satellite map.
The bucket-wheel excavators used there are the largest vehicles in the world.

Orchestrating a Mine: Caterpillar MineStar. Video.
MineStar is an integrated mining information system that helps lower costs, improve efficiency, and increase productivity in all types of mining applications.

Open-Pit Mining: Penrhyn Slate Quarry.
Video and Interactive Satellite map.
It is reputed to be the world's largest slate quarry: the main pit is nearly a mile long and 1200 feet deep.

Open-Pit Mining: Explosion at Bethesda, Penrhyn Slate Quarry.
Video and Interactive Satellite map.
10,000 tons of slate is blown up at Penrhyn Quarry in Bethesda to commemorate winning the contract for the Welsh Assembly building in Llandudno Junction.

The Streets of Bethesda.
Video and Interactive Satellite map.
Bethesda Band Celt sing about workers at the Penrhyn Quarry.

Berkeley Pit: Environmental geology of Butte, Montana.
Video and Interactive Satellite map.
A report on the environmental geology of Butte, Montana with a focus on the Berkeley Pit.

Hull-Rust-Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine.
Video and Interactive Satellite map.
The largest open pit iron mine in the world.

Bucyrus-Erie Big Brutus.
Video and News.

Bucyrus-Erie Big Brutus 2.
Video and News.

Bucyrus-Erie Big Brutus bucket.
Video and News.

Bucyrus-Erie Big Brutus Views from the Boom.
Video and News.

Hull-Rust-Mine: Bucyrus shovel loading Haulpak.
Video, News, and Interactive Satellite map.
The largest open pit iron mine in the world.

Hull Rust Mine, Hibbing Taconite.
Video and Interactive Satellite map.
The largest open pit iron mine in the world.

Haul trucks: Extreme Machines - Mega Trucks, Komatsu 930E - Video.
They are used strictly off-road for mining and heavy dirt hauling jobs.

A Power shovel Terex O&K RH200 Loading Haul Trucks - Video.
A Power shovel  is a bucket equipped machine, usually electrically powered, used for digging and loading earth or fragmented rock, and mineral extraction.

Marvel Loch Gold Mine, Australia. Maps and News.

Mining & Blasting, Open Pit Mining Operation - Video.
Blasting at Marvel Lock Gold Mine.

Caterpillar 797F, Open Pit Mining Operation. Video.

Caterpillar 795F-AC, Open Pit Mining Operation. Video & News.

Caterpillar 793F, Open Pit Mining Operation. Video & News.

Caterpillar Haul Truck Training, Video. Video and News

Terex Mining Equipment in Newcastle - England.
Video and News.

Maps and News: Fimiston Super Pit gold mine.
Explore the geometry of the Super Pit gold mine, Western Australia through detailed Google satellite imagery.

The Fimiston Super Pit gold mine. Video.
Australia's largest open cut gold mine.

Maps and News: Yanacocha Mine.
Explore Yanacocha, Cajamarca, Cuzco, Peru through detailed Google satellite imagery.

Yanacocha Mine: Hitachi EX5500 shovels loading CAT 793, 785 and 777.
Video and News.

Maps and News: Antamina Mine.
Explore Antamina, San Marcos, Huari, Ancash, Peru through detailed satellite imagery.

Maps and News: Cuajone Mine.
Explore Cuajone, Torata, Moquegua, Peru through detailed satellite imagery.

Toquepala mine viewed in 3D by KOMPSAT-2 and Reference3D.
Video and News.

Maps and News: Toquepala Mine.
Explore Toquepala, Ilabaya, Tacna, Peru through detailed satellite imagery.

Toquepala, Open Pit Mining Operation, Komatsu 930E.
Video.

Barrick Gold: Lagunas Norte Mine.
Video and News.

Maps and News: Pierina Mine.
Explore Pierina Mine, Ancash, Peru through detailed satellite imagery.

Peru Mining Boom, Visit to Barrick Gold: Lagunas Norte and Pierina.
Video and News

Komatsu Crawler Excavator PC4000 Loading Cat 785B.
Video and News.

Tintaya Mine, Video and Map.
Open pit copper mining.

Maps and News: Tintaya Mine.
Explore Tintaya, Espinar, Cuzco, Peru through detailed satellite imagery.

Maps and News: Cerro Verde Mine.
Explore Cerro Verde, Arequipa, Tacna, Peru through detailed satellite imagery.

Asarco open pit copper mine.
View from a Cessna 172.

Orcopampa Mine Index.

Toromocho Copper Mining Project and ABB.
Maps and News.
Electrification and automation systems for high-altitude copper mine and concentrator plant.

Toromocho Copper Mining Project and Morococha.
Video and Chinalco News.
Mount Toromocho gets its name from its shape - The Bull With No Horns. And it is composed almost entirely of copper ore: two billion tonnes of it. It could become the most productive copper mine anywhere on earth.

The Tesoro Gold Project, Peru, St. Elias Mines.
The Property covers approximately 2000 hectares (5000 acres) and is part of the well-known gold-bearing Nazca-Ocona belt that is located in southern Peru.

Inca Gold: Cerro Corona Mine in Cajamarca. Gold Fields CEO says global gold supply to tighten.

Inca Gold: Yanacocha. Gold Mine (Quechua word for Black Lake) in Cajamarca, the place where the Inca Empire came to an end.  

Gold Mining: Century Mining San Juan Gold Mine, Arequipa, Peru.
The gold of the area is said to be known by the Incas and some of the gold obtained by the Spanish conquistadors is said to have been mined by the Incas in the San Juan area.

Caterpillar 385B ME Loading Euclid R85's Truck.
Video and News.

Lavender Pit.
A former open-pit copper mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona.

The Reed Gold Mine, Cabarrus, NC, Video, Map and News
Reed Gold Mine is the site of the first documented gold find in the United States.

Kalgoorlie, the Super Pit, Komatsu Excavator PC 8000, Caterpillar 793C, Wenco System, Open Pit Mining Operation. Video.
Complete runs down into the pit.

CAT 773E Truck on a Slippery Slope, Open Pit Mining Operation. Video.
Coal strip mine in Stellarton, Nova Scotia.

Komatsu Equipment, Interactive Mind Map.

El Chino Mine.
Open-pit copper mine, Silver City, New Mexico.