Mined sea salt at shallow south end of the Dead Sea near Ein Boqeq, Israel, Middle East

Aerial image of Kamarang Mouth Station and airstrip at the confluence of the unpolluted Kamarang River with the mined and heavily polluted Upper Mazaruni River in March 2005, Guyana, South America

Pile of mined salt at Maras salt marsh terraces, Salinas de Maras, Cuzco Region, Peru, South America

Cliffs where ochre was once mined, Roussillon, Provence, France, Europe

Harry Oppenheimer House in Kimberley South Africa. It the headquarters of the Diamond Trading Company, a part of the De Beers group. Every diamond mined in South Africa passes through this building for sorting and valuation before being sent to London.

Tar sands deposits being mined at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Tar sands deposits being mined at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Tar sands deposits being mined at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Looking from Dead Horse Point near Canyonlands National Park over the Colorado River canyon to the evaporation ponds at Potash. Mined salts are concentrated here for the extraction of potash for fertilizer, Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah, USA

Tar sands deposits being mined at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Tar sands deposits being mined at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Tar sands deposits being mined at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Tar sands deposits being mined at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Tar sands deposits being mined north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Tar sands deposits being mined at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Tar sands deposits being mined north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Tar sands deposits being mined north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Tar sands deposits being mined north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Mined sea cliffs above St Agnes, Cornwall, UK.

Tar sands deposits being mined north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Tar sands deposits being mined north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Tar sands deposits being mined north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Tar sands deposits being mined north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

An abandoned mine shaft on the Caldbeck Fells in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

South Stone Kilns, old kilns used to calcine the ironstone mined in Rosedale in the North York Moors, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, 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

Rock salt mined from an underground mine is piled up at the Detroit Salt Company, the salt is used mainly for high de-icing, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Tankardstown Mine, Copper Coast, Near Bunmahon, County Waterford, Ireland