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  2. Zinc mining - Wikipedia

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    Schematic cut and fill mining. Zinc is mined both at the surface and at depth. Surface mining of zinc is typically used for oxide ores, while underground mining yields zinc sulfide ores. [12] Some of the common methods of zinc mining are open pit mining, open stope, and cut and fill mining: [12] [8] [13] [14]

  3. List of countries by gold production - Wikipedia

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    In 1970, South Africa produced 995 tonnes or 32 million ounces of gold, two-thirds of the world's production of 47.5 million ounces. [2] Production figures are for primary mine production. In the US, for example, for the year 2011, secondary sources (new and old scrap) exceeded primary production. [3]

  4. Broken Blade - Wikipedia

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    Broken Blade (Japanese: ブレイク ブレイド, Hepburn: Bureiku Bureido, 'Break Blade') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yunosuke Yoshinaga. It was serialized in various Flex Comix magazines from September 2006 to October 2022, with its individual chapters collected into 20 volumes.

  5. Traction engine - Wikipedia

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    Traction engines were cumbersome and ill-suited for crossing soft or heavy ground, so their agricultural use was usually either "on the belt" – powering farm machinery by means of a continuous leather belt driven by the flywheel, a form of power take-off – or in pairs, dragging an implement on a cable from one side of a field to another.

  6. Laterite - Wikipedia

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    Laterite in Sơn Tây, Hanoi, Vietnam. Francis Buchanan-Hamilton first described and named a laterite formation in southern India in 1807. [4]: 65 He named it laterite from the Latin word later, which means a brick; this highly compacted and cemented soil can easily be cut into brick-shaped blocks for building.

  7. Flerovium - Wikipedia

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    Flerovium's volatility was again measured through interactions with a gold surface, and provided indications that the volatility of flerovium was comparable to that of mercury, astatine, and the simultaneously investigated copernicium, which had been shown in the study to be a very volatile noble metal, conforming to its being the heaviest ...

  8. Mk 47 Striker - Wikipedia

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    A soldier assigned to U.S. Army Special Operations Command demonstrates firing positions on the Mk 47 Striker during joint forces weapons training Amman, Jordan. The Mk 47 has the latest sensing, targeting and ballistics technology.

  9. Cow tipping - Wikipedia

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    Cows routinely lie down to sleep. Cow tipping is the purported activity of sneaking up on any unsuspecting or sleeping upright cow and pushing it over for entertainment. The practice of cow tipping is generally considered an urban legend [1] and stories of such feats viewed as tall tales. [2]