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  2. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - Wikipedia

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    The first expansion pack, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, raised the maximum level from 60 to 70 and the Wrath of the Lich King raised the level cap from 70 to 80. [4] After reaching level 80, players were able to ride flying mounts in Northrend. Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor remained "no fly zones".

  3. List of land mines - Wikipedia

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    Yugoslav MRUD anti-personnel mine (front, accessories fitted). A Yugoslav MRUD anti-personnel mine (line drawing). A cutaway of an MD-82 mine. An M14 mine, showing a cutaway view.

  4. Spoil tip - Wikipedia

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    Botayama (spoil tip) in Iizuka City, Japan, in the 1950s Spoil pile in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Spoil tip at Jägersfreude, Saarbrücken . A spoil tip (also called a boney pile, [1] culm bank, gob pile, waste tip [2] or bing) [3] is a pile built of accumulated spoil – waste material removed during mining. [4]

  5. Underground hard-rock mining - Wikipedia

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    There are two principal phases of underground mining: development mining and production mining. Development mining is composed of excavation almost entirely in (non-valuable) waste rock in order to gain access to the orebody. There are six steps in development mining: remove previously blasted material (muck out round), scaling (removing any unstable slabs of rock hanging from the roof and ...

  6. Mountaintop removal mining - Wikipedia

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    Mountaintop removal mining (MTR), also known as mountaintop mining (MTM), is a form of surface mining at the summit or summit ridge of a mountain. Coal seams are extracted from a mountain by removing the land, or overburden, above the seams. This process is considered to be safer compared to underground mining because the coal seams are ...

  7. Bucket-wheel excavator - Wikipedia

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    Bucket-wheel excavators have been used in mining for the past century, with some of the first being manufactured in the 1920s. [1] They are used in conjunction with many other pieces of mining machinery (conveyor belts, spreaders, crushing stations, heap-leach systems, etc.) to move and mine massive amounts of overburden (waste). While the ...

  8. Dredging - Wikipedia

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    A grab dredge. Dredging is the excavation of material from a water environment. Possible reasons for dredging include improving existing water features; reshaping land and water features to alter drainage, navigability, and commercial use; constructing dams, dikes, and other controls for streams and shorelines; and recovering valuable mineral deposits or marine life having commercial value.

  9. Mining feasibility study - Wikipedia

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    A mining feasibility study is an evaluation of a proposed mining project to determine whether the mineral resource can be mined economically. There are three types of feasibility study used in mining, order of magnitude , preliminary feasibility and detailed feasibility.