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Bingham Canyon Copper Mine, Salt Lake City, Utah, UsaBingham Canyon Copper Mine, the 'Richest Hole on Earth' and the largest excavation in the world at 2.5 miles wide & .75 mile deep. The ore goes to the smelter on Great Salt Lake

'Iron Blow', the famous Mount Lyell mine where gold and copper was discovered in 1883, starting the mining boom and subsequent environmental damage here, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia, Pacific

Uncut diamonds in the sorting room at De Beers' Diamond Trading Company in Harry Oppenheimer House in Kimberley South Africa.

An uncut diamond being examined during sorting at De Beers' Harry Oppenheimer House building in Kimberley South Africa.

An uncut diamond being examined during sorting at De Beers' Harry Oppenheimer House building in Kimberley South Africa.

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.

An uncut diamond being examined during sorting at De Beers' Harry Oppenheimer House building in Kimberley South Africa.

Climate change heaven and hell, wind turbines next to a coal importing business on the docks in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe

Climate change heaven and hell, wind turbines next to a coal importing business on the docks in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe

Uncut diamonds being sorted at the Diamond Trading Company's Harry Oppenheimer House in Kimberley South Africa. It is part of the De Beers company.

Re-created diamond mining tunnels at the Kimberley Open Mine Museum in Kimberley in South Africa's North-West Province.

Boreal forest trees clear felled to make way for a new tar sands mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Boreal forest trees clear felled to make way for a new tar sands mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Boreal forest trees clear felled to make way for a new tar sands mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Boreal forest trees clear felled to make way for a new tar sands mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Soil overburden being removed to reach the tar sands beds in an open pit tar sands mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Sulphur which has to be extracted from the raw bitumen from tar sands piled up in huge mountains by the Syncrude upgrader plant near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

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

Hideous air pollution from the Syncrude Tar sands upgrader plant 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

Sulphur which has to be extracted from the raw bitumen from tar sands piled up in huge mountains by the Syncrude upgrader plant near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Soil overburden being removed to reach the tar sands beds in an open pit tar sands 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

Sulphur which has to be extracted from the raw bitumen from tar sands piled up in huge mountains by the Syncrude upgrader plant near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Sulphur which has to be extracted from the raw bitumen from tar sands piled up in huge mountains by the Syncrude upgrader plant near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

The tar sands are the largest industrial project on the planet, and the world's most environmentally destructive, Alberta, Canada, North America

Sulphur which has to be extracted from the raw bitumen from tar sands piled up in huge mountains by the Syncrude upgrader plant near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Massive dump trucks queue up to load with tar sand in a mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Sulphur which has to be extracted from the raw bitumen from tar sands piled up in huge mountains by the Syncrude upgrader plant near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Sulphur which has to be extracted from the raw bitumen from tar sands piled up in huge mountains by the Syncrude upgrader plant near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Hideous air pollution from the Syncrude Tar sands upgrader plant north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Sulphur which has to be extracted from the raw bitumen from tar sands piled up in huge mountains by the Syncrude upgrader plant near 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

Sulphur which has to be extracted from the raw bitumen from tar sands piled up in huge mountains by the Syncrude upgrader plant near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

A solar park at Wheal Jane an old abandoned Cornish tin mine near Redruth, UK, that is rediscovering itself as a renewable energy hub.

A solar park at Wheal Jane an old abandoned Cornish tin mine near Redruth, UK, that is rediscovering itself as a renewable energy hub, with the old mine buildings in the background.

The Big Hole in Kimberley in South Africa's North-West Province. Also known as the KImberley mine, it was created during the diamond rush of the mid-nineteenth century.

The Big Hole in Kimberley in South Africa's North-West Province. Also known as the KImberley mine, it was created during the diamond rush of the mid-nineteenth century.

Wheal Coates Engine House, UNESCO World Heritage Site, St. Agnes, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Soil overburden being removed to reach the tar sands beds in an open pit tar sands mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

An uncut diamond being examined during sorting at De Beers' Harry Oppenheimer House building in Kimberley South Africa.

Boreal forest trees clear felled to make way for a new tar sands mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

The irony of solar powered CCTV at Shell's Albian Sands tar sands mine, Alberta, Canada, North America

The Skye marble quarry at Torrin on the Strathaird Peninsula, Isle of Skye, Scotland, 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

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

Boreal forest trees clear felled to make way for a new tar sands mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Soil overburden being removed to reach the tar sands beds in an open pit tar sands mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

Soil overburden being removed to get at the tar sands below, in a mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

The irony of solar powered CCTV at Shell's Albian Sands tar sands mine, Alberta, Canada, North America