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KCM Concentrator - (Image courtesy of Konkola Copper Mines Plc - KCM) - Zambia
IOC Iron Ore Company of Canada - Rio Tinto
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DeGrussa copper-gold mine, Western Australia. Image Sandfire Resources
Molino
The Argyle mine, in remote Western Australia, accounts for 90% of worldwide pink diamond production. Rio Tinto. Image courtesy of Dan Nelson Flickr
Coal was mined in #CapeBreton's #PortHood for a century. Nova Scotia Canada
Tongon, gold. Barrick. Ivory Coast
Do you know where the name Rio Tinto comes from? We were founded in 1873, on the banks of the Rio Tinto river in Andalusia, Spain. Rio Tinto means red river in English.
La ciudad minera de Malmberget se construyó a fines del siglo XIX para que los mineros tuvieran viviendas cerca de sus obras y por lo tanto, las casas se construyeron sobre los yacimientos de mineral que actualmente se están minando. Suecia - LKAB
TH545i trucks with Sandvik AutoMine, Seongshin Minefield, Calcium carbonate. South Korea.
St. Clair Mine in Keweenaw County. The mine, located near Phoenix, was organized in 1863 and absorbed twice by other companies before 1900. It produced about a million pounds of copper over the course of its life.
BHP Spence, Cobre. Chile.
Uranium mining, Canada.
McArthur River Zinc Lead mine Northern Territories, Australia
The Baltic Mine near South Range. The Baltic Mining Company operated independently from 1897 to 1917, when Copper Range acquired it. By the time it closed in 1931, Baltic tallied five shafts and 276 million pounds of refined copper.
