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• Deep 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… …   Wikipedia

• Mining in Papua New Guinea — Ok Tedi Mine Mining in Papua New Guinea is an important source for the Papua New Guinea economy. Contents 1 History 2 …   Wikipedia

• Mining in New Zealand — began when the indigenous Māori quarried rock such as argillite in times prior to European colonisation.[1] Mining by Europeans began in the latter half of the 19th century. New Zealand has abundant resources of coal, silver, iron ore, limestone… …   Wikipedia

• Mining in Cornwall — first began in the early Bronze Age approximately 2,150 BC and ended with the South Crofty tin mine closing in 1998.HistoryMining in Cornwall has existed from the early Bronze Age around 2,150 B.C. Cornwall is thought to have been visited by… …   Wikipedia

• mining — /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… …   Universalium

• Deepsea mining — is the process relating to the retrieval of resources from the ocean floor.ourcesThere exist many different sources of mineral wealth on the ocean floor however two main ones are black smokers and nodules.In either case the recovered resource can …   Wikipedia

• Deep End (short story) — Deep End is a short story written in 1961 by British author J. G. Ballard. It first appeared in the May 1961 edition of New Worlds (Volume 36, Number 106)[1] and then in the 1962 collection The Voices of Time and Other Stories[2] followed by The… …   Wikipedia

• Mining 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… …   Wikipedia

• Mining — This article is about the extraction of geological materials from the Earth. For the municipality in Austria, see Mining, Austria. For the siege tactic, see Mining (military). For name of the Chinese emperor, see Daoguang Emperor. Simplified… …   Wikipedia

• Mining in the Upper Harz — The headframe of the Emperor William Shaft in Clausthal is one of the oldest surviving winding towers in Germany …   Wikipedia

• Sea of Oil — Infobox Television episode Title = Sea of Oil Series = Stingray Season = 1 Episode = 33 Airdate = May 16 1965 Production = 3 Writer = Dennis Spooner Director= John Kelly Episode List = List of Stingray episodes Prev = Countdown Next = Plant of… …   Wikipedia