mining

The term mining can refer to a number of different things:

1) The action of extracting ore, coal, gemstones, and other elements from a mine, this term can also refer to the process and industry involved in this action as well.

2) The placement of land or underwater mines which are explosive, and are intended to cause damage or deter individuals from a specific area.

The most common type of mining is done for ores which include precious metals like gold and silver. The desired elements may be manually removed from the earth, or chemicals or other methods may be used to cause the desired elements to be leached to the surface. The rise in precious metal prices, especially gold, over the last year has increased the interest in mining and owning these metals significantly.

Gold mines can be found all over the world, and these are of various sizes and depths. Large mines usually have heavy security because of the value of the ore and other elements recovered and the high risk of theft. Mining for gold can be dangerous for workers who go into mines, and this factor also affects the price of metals recovered using this method.

Bloggers speaking about mining can be found at sites like Novamining and I Think Mining.

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• Gold prices to go lower before rebound: Bank of America

  
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  VIDEO: Bank of America analyst discusses the outlook for gold and silver. The post Gold prices to go lower before rebound: Bank of America appeared first on MINING.com .
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• ENRC shares slip as it reveals details of spurned takeover attempt

  
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• How Technology Can Help Miners Improve Brownfield Operations

  
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• Deep sea ‘gold rush’ moves closer to reality

  
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• Gold Prices Dip, Silver Hits 2010 Low

  
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• Environmental Executive Moves: GlencoreXstrata, ACS, Proterra, ABB

  
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• Caterpillar 3-month machinery sales down 9%

  
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• Brad Mullards coal seam gas con job

  
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• Death Toll Rises to 17 After Collapse of U.S.-Owned Indonesian Mine

  
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• UN Issues 17 Prospecting Licenses for Deep Sea Mining Across Three Oceans

  
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• Metso valve solutions provide corrosion free control of sea water for mining project in Chile.

  
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• Aluminum Corp of China (HK): still weak

  
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• More bodies recovered in collapsed Indonesia mine

  
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• By Man or Nature, Places That Will Never Be the Same

  
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  This Weather Channel story features a profile of some of the largest holes in the ground, many of which are cavernous open-pit mining operations. Hit the link to see more visual evidence as to why it would be disaster to put another gigantic mine on top of the worlds greatest sockeye spawning habitat. LINK
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• MPs consider probe into transparency of mining firms

  
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  By Clara Ferreira-Marques LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s parliament will this week consider whether to probe the transparency of oil and mining firms listed in London, an issue highlighted by corruption probes at emerging market miners which MPs fear have dented the stock market’s reputation. The chairman of ...
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• MPs consider probe into transparency of mining firms

  
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  By Clara Ferreira-Marques LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s parliament will this week consider whether to probe the transparency of oil and mining firms listed in London, an issue highlighted by corruption probes at emerging market miners which MPs fear have dented the stock market’s reputation. The chairman of ...
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• James Passin, the American Who Invested in Mongolia

  
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