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  2. Open-pit mining - Wikipedia

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    Open-pit mining, also known as open-cast or open-cut mining and in larger contexts mega-mining, [1] is a surface mining technique that extracts rock or minerals from the earth. Open-pit mines are used when deposits of commercially useful ore or rocks are found near the surface where the overburden is relatively thin. In contrast, deeper mineral ...

  3. Phantom Abyss - Wikipedia

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    Phantom Abyss is a 2024 action-adventure video game developed by Team WIBY and published by Devolver Digital. Players attempt to escape trap-filled temples using a whip, like in the Indiana Jones franchise.

  4. Plane (Dungeons & Dragons) - Wikipedia

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    The City of Brass: The efreeti capital and a major hub of planar trade and travel, [43] the "infamous", "fabled", and "ominous" "geometrical City of Brass" was featured on the cover of the 1st edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Master's Guide (1979) and "finally laid out in detail" for the Al-Qadim setting in 1993, both depictions by ...

  5. Abyssal zone - Wikipedia

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    Deep sea mining operations could cause problems for the abyssal zone in the future. The talks and planning for this industry [clarification needed] are already under way. Deep sea mining could be disastrous for this extremely fragile ecosystem since there are many ecological dangers posed by mining for deep sea minerals.

  6. 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 ...

  7. Calamity - Wikipedia

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    Calamity James, a British comic book character from The Beano; Calamity Jane, a 1953 film based on the person; Calamity Town, a 1942 novel by Ellery Queen; The Calamity, a central plot point for the 2011 video game Bastion; Calamity, a mod for the 2011 video game Terraria "Calamity", a song by Zayn from his 2021 album Nobody Is Listening

  8. Automated mining - Wikipedia

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    Automated mining involves the removal of human labor from the mining process. [1] The mining industry is in the transition towards automation . It can still require a large amount of human capital , particularly in the developing world where labor costs are low so there is less incentive to increase efficiency.

  9. Mine rescue - Wikipedia

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    Mining laws in developed countries require trained, equipped mine rescue personnel to be available at all mining operations at surface and underground mining operations. . Mine rescue teams must know the procedures used to rescue miners trapped by various hazards, including fire, explosions, cave-ins, toxic gas, smoke inhalation, and water entering the