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  2. Mining in Asia - Wikipedia

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    According to the research, each ton of coal mine will pollute 1 cubic meter to 2.5 cubic meters of water resources. [10] Mine water is essential for mine operation. In the process of mining, mine water will be contaminated with different intensity, especially acidic chemicals which formed acid mine drainage (AMD). A large number of sulfides ...

  3. Lists of countries by mineral production - Wikipedia

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    Coal [1] China India: List of countries by coal production: Natural Gas [2] United States Russia: List of countries by natural gas production: Petroleum United States Russia: List of countries by oil production

  4. Central Asian Orogenic Belt - Wikipedia

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    It contains plentiful natural resources, including mineral ores, oil and gas. These rich mineral resources explain why the Central Asian Orogenic Belt is also called the Central Asian metallogenic domain, which is one of the largest metallogenic domains in the world. [1] Figure 1 Location map of the CAOB.

  5. List of mines in Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    This list of mines in Indonesia is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output. For practical purposes stone, marble and other quarries may be included in this list.

  6. Mining in Papua New Guinea - Wikipedia

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    Edie Creek has been a historic gold and silver mining area since its discovery in 1926. [2] Located about 5 km south-west of Wau, it was the centre of one of the first major gold rushes in PNG before World War II. [2] Large amounts of gold have been extracted by both alluvial and underground mining. [2]

  7. Mining in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Mining in Japan is minimal because Japan does not possess many on-shore mineral resources. [1] Many of the on-shore minerals have already been mined to the point that it has become less expensive to import minerals. There are small deposits of coal, oil, iron and minerals in the Japanese archipelago. [2]

  8. Mining in Taiwan - Wikipedia

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    The expedition lasted ten months. This trip became the basis of one of the most important works about early Qing-era Taiwan, Small Sea Travel Diaries (裨海紀遊). [3] As late as 1880, the only resources known to exist in economical quantities and locations were coal, sulphur, and petroleum, [4] all in the volcanic northeastern third of the ...

  9. Mineral industry of Cambodia - Wikipedia

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    In 2006, Cambodia's mineral resources remained, to a large extent, unexplored. Between 2003 and 2006, however, foreign investors from Australia, China, South Korea, Thailand, and the United States began to express their interest in Cambodia's potential for offshore oil and gas as well as such land-based metallic minerals as bauxite, copper, gold, and iron ore, and such industrial minerals as ...