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Aerial of Ranger Uranium mine in Kakadu National Park from which a share of the profits go to aboriginal landowners in the Northern Territory of Australia, Pacific

Bingham Canyon copper mine, largest man-made hole in the world, United States of America, North America

Chuqui open-pit copper mine, 4km long, 720m d eep, trucks each carrying 300t of ore, Chuquicamata, Calama, Chile, South America

Quarry for highly prized Pearl Marble, a major export, used in the Kennedy Center New York, Custonaci, Trapani, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Machine digging gem-bearing clay in large open pit mine, Mogok ruby mines, Mandalay District, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Penrhyn quarry, the largest slate quarry in Wales, Bethesda, Snowdonia, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Mongolian-russian mining venture on outskirts of erdenet city, population of 80,000 dictates work as well as life in soviet -style city. 5,200 employees work at this site excavating up to 25.2 million tons of iron year

A sand and gravel strip mine producing materials to support the tar sands industry on Highway 63, Alberta, Canada, North America

A sand and gravel strip mine producing materials to support the tar sands industry on Highway 63, Alberta, Canada, North America

A sand and gravel strip mine producing materials to support the tar sands industry on Highway 63, Alberta, Canada, North America

Fife power station, a gas turbine power plant on the site of the former Westfield open cast coal mine, near Ballingry, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Hagshaw Hill wind farm above an abandoned open cast coal mine in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

A conveyor belt taking coal from the Glentaggart open cast coal mine to a roadhead for onward transport by road in Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

A conveyor belt taking coal from the Glentaggart open cast coal mine to a roadhead for onward transport by road in Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

The Glentaggart open cast coal mine to a roadhead for onward transport by road in Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

The Glentaggart open cast coal mine to a roadhead for onward transport by road in Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

A conveyor belt taking coal from the Glentaggart open cast coal mine to a roadhead for onward transport by road in Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

The Glentaggart open cast coal mine to a roadhead for onward transport by road in Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Spoil left by open cast coal mining at the abandoned Westfield mine in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

The Glentaggart open cast coal mine to a roadhead for onward transport by road in Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Climate change heaven and hell, showing The Hagshaw Hill wind farm above the Spireslack open cast coal mine in Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

The Beltana number 1 mine, an open cast or drift coal mine managed by Xstrata coal in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

A train being loaded with low grade coal from an opencast coal mine near Heihe on the Chinese Russian border, Heilongjiang province, China, Asia

Trucks haul highly polluting low grade coal from an open cast coal mine near Heihe, Heilongjiang province on the Chinese Russian border, China, Asia

Spoil left by open cast coal mining at the abandoned Westfield mine in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Spoil left by open cast coal mining at the abandoned Westfield mine in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

A train being loaded with low grade coal from an opencast coal mine near Heihe on the Chinese Russian border, Heilongjiang province, China, Asia

Trucks carrying highly polluting low grade coal from an open cast coal mine near Heihe, Heilongjiang, China, Asia

The Beltana number 1 mine, an open cast or drift coal mine managed by Xstrata coal in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Trucks carrying highly polluting low grade coal from an open cast coal mine near Heihe, Heilongjiang, China, Asia

The Beltana number 1 mine, an open cast or drift coal mine managed by Xstrata coal in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

An open cast or drift coal mine managed by Xstrata coal in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Trucks carrying highly polluting low grade coal from an open cast coal mine near Heihe, Heilongjiang, China, Asia

The Beltana number 1 mine, an open cast or drift coal mine managed by Xstrata coal in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Trucks haul highly polluting low grade coal from an open cast coal mine near Heihe, Heilongjiang province on the Chinese Russian border, China, Asia

A Chinese peasant collects coal that has fallen from lorries taking coal from an open cast coal mine to power plants near Heihe on the Chinese Russian border, Heilongjiang, China, Asia

An open cast or drift coal mine managed by Xstrata coal in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Trucks haul highly polluting low grade coal from an open cast coal mine near Heihe, Heilongjiang province on the Chinese Russian border, China, Asia

Trucks carrying highly polluting low grade coal from an open cast coal mine near Heihe, Heilongjiang, China, Asia

The Beltana number 1 mine, an open cast or drift coal mine managed by Xstrata coal in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Takahiro Koizumi is opening the mold Just after solidifying the molten iron. He casts the first look at new iron teapot or tetsubin, nanbu tekki, Workshop of Koizumi family,craftsmen since 1659, Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

Takahiro Koizumi is breaking the mold just after solidifying the molten iron. He casts the first look at new iron teapot or tetsubin, nanbu tekki, Workshop of Koizumi family,craftsmen since 1659, Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

Takahiro Koizumi is opening the mold Just after solidifying the molten iron. He casts the first look at new iron teapot or tetsubin, nanbu tekki, Workshop of Koizumi family,craftsmen since 1659, Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

Light installation at the Shaft tower of former Goettelborn open-cast mine, Europe's tallest shaft-tower, Saarland, Germany, Europe

Bucket-wheel excavator, lignite mining, Garzweiler, near Jüchen, Erkelenz, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Bucket-wheel excavators, Garzweiler lignite mining, near Jüchen, Erkelenz, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Jänschwalde open pit, behind the Jänschwalde lignite power plant, Jänschwalde, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

Open-cast lignite mining, spreader, Jüchen lookout point, Garzweiler open-cast mine, Jüchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Open-cast lignite mining, spreader, Jüchen lookout point, Garzweiler open-cast mine, Jüchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

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

Fauteuil chair and cast-iron stove, 1900, living room in the teacher's apartment, school building from Pfaffenhofen, built in 1801, Franconian open-air museum, Eisweiherweg 1, Bad Windsheim, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe