Aerial view of the Old mudbrick village under reconstruction, in the Old town of AlUla, Medina Province, Saudi Arabia

Slag heap, Inden open-cast mining, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Aerial shot, silting the rainforest after mining, Guyana, South America

Aerial shot, silting the rainforest after mining, Guyana, South America

Garzweiler 2, brown coal surface mining, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Brown coal digger, Hambach Tagebau, Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

The Patriot Coal Corporation's Samples mine, which uses the technique of mountaintop removal to mine coal. The mountain tops are stripped away and dumped in valleys to get at the coal below. The Samples mine has been temporarily closed due to declining de

Excavator shovel, laden with soil, construction site

Excavator shovel, laden with soil, construction site

Brown coal mining, Welzow-South opencast mining, Welzow, Spree-Neivüe district, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

Aitik copper mine of Boliden AB, about 20 km southeast of the town of Gaellivare in northern Sweden, one of the largest open pit copper mines in Europe, in addition to copper, gold and silver, Molybdenum has been mined since 2008, Aitik, Lapland, Sweden,

Caterpillar 994F front end loader in the Aitik copper mine of Boliden AB, about 20 km southeast of the town of Gaellivare in northern Sweden, one of the largest open pit copper mines in Europe, in addition to copper, gold and silver, Molybdenum has been m

Hambach Tagebau, brown coal, Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Peat harvest, Tullamore, County Offaly, Leinster province, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Salt dump, potash mining, railway tracks, Kolonnenweg, Lochplattenweg, Gruenes Band, border trail, former German-German border, Philipsthal, Werratal, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Aerial shot, silting the rainforest after mining, Guyana, South America

Gravel plant on a branch of the Danube river, Hollerdau region, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Salt excavation, Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

Artwork, Slab for the Ruhr by the sculptor Richard Serra on the Schurenbachhalde slag heap in the Ruhr area, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

A copper ore carrying truck in Asarco's Mission open pit copper mine, Sahuarita, Arizona, USA

Styrian Erzberg mountain in Eisenerz, Styria, Austria, Europe

Garzweiler 2, brown coal surface mining, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Coal mining, open cast mining with a crane in Coronach, Saskatchewan, Canada

Argyle diamond mine, aerial view, Kimberley, Western Australia, WA, Australia

Tagebau Hambach open pit mine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe