Giant truck hauling 240 tons of coal in the Black Thunder Opencast Coal Mine in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming, United States of America, North America

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

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

Aerial view of open pit mining, copper mine, Rio Tinto, Minas de Rio Tinto, Andalusia, Spain

Aerial view of Corta Atalaya open pit mine, copper mine, Rio Tinto, Minas de Rio Tinto, Andalusia, Spain

Corta Atalaya open pit mine, copper mine, Rio Tinto, Minas de Rio Tinto, Andalusia, Spain

CHL, Chile, Atacama Desert: the Chuquicamata copper mine near Calama.

CHL, Chile, Atacama Desert: the Chuquicamata copper mine near Calama, a mine worker with protective mask.

Aerial view of open pit mining, copper mine, Rio Tinto, Minas de Rio Tinto, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Aerial view, wind farm at the lignite opencast mine Garzweiler, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Chamois in a working quarry, Jura France

Chamois des Alpes (Rupicapra rupicapra) in quarry in operation, Mathay, Doubs, France

Rano Raraku, Moai Quarry, Easter Island, Chile