Open-Cast Mining Operations

Images feature large machines in open-pit mining environments, demonstrating excavation and coal removal processes.

Absetzer im Braunkohletagebau Garzweiler, Autobahn im Hintergrund, Deutschland, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland, Juechen Stacker in the Garzweiler opencast lignite mine, motorway in the background, Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland, Juechen BLWS708793 *** Absetzer at Opencast lignite mine Garzweiler, Motorway at Background, Germany, North Rhine Westphalia, Rhineland, Juechen Stacker in The Garzweiler Opencast lignite mine, Motorway in The background, Germany, North Rhine Westphalia, Rhineland, Juechen BLWS708793 Copyright: xblickwinkel/S.xZiesex

A bucket-wheel excavator used in strip mining

Slag heap, Inden open-cast mining, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Bucket-wheel excavator-wheel excavators remove the last overburden from the coal layer of the Garzweiler II open-cast mine. Rhenish coalfield

Coal seam and machines in the open pit Welzow-Sued, mining of brown coal by the Vattenfall energy company, Lower Lusatia, Lusatia, Brandenburg, German...

Deutzen b Leipzig Opencast lignite mine VEREINIGTES SCHLEENHAIN 58351 Spoil heaps and excavators

Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia,¶ÿInden, Bucket-wheel excavator working in open-pit mine

Brown coal open cast mining Hambach, Rheinbraun company, Juelich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Absetzer im Braunkohletagebau Garzweiler, Autobahn im Hintergrund, Deutschland, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland, Juechen Stacker in the Garzweiler opencast lignite mine, motorway in the background, Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland, Juechen BLWS708793 *** Absetzer at Opencast lignite mine Garzweiler, Motorway at Background, Germany, North Rhine Westphalia, Rhineland, Juechen Stacker in The Garzweiler Opencast lignite mine, Motorway in The background, Germany, North Rhine Westphalia, Rhineland, Juechen BLWS708793 Copyright: xblickwinkel/S.xZiesex

Lignite opencast mine with stacker, Garzweiler, Juechen, Rheinische Braunkohlerevier, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Large excavator in the Garzweiler opencast lignite mine, Rhenish lignite mining area, Germany, Europe

Power plant next to Tagebau Garzweiler open pit mine, Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Lignite mining, Jaenschwalde open pit, Jaenschwalde, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

Brown coal open cast mining Hambach, Rheinbraun company, Juelich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Germany, Garzweiler surface mine with power stations Frimmersdorf, Neurath and Niederaussem

Aerial view, diggers in the Garzweiler surface mine, RWE Rheinbraun, Erkelenz, Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Lignite opencast mine with stacker, Garzweiler, Juechen, Rheinische Braunkohlerevier, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

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Power plant on the edge of a depleted open-cast mine

2 bucket wheel excavators and a coal seam in the Garzweiler opencast mine

Lignite mining, Welzow-Sued open pit, Welzow, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

Aerial view of a dragline being used in the process of coal surface mining in Campbell County, Wyoming, USA.

Giant bucket wheel excavator. The biggest excavator in the world. The largest land vehicle. Excavator in the mines. Giant bucket wheel excavator. The biggest excavator in the world. The largest land vehicle. Excavator in the mines. Copyright: xZoonar.com/EugenxxWaisx 17358401

Open pit Garzweiler, Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Open pit. Opencast brown coal mine. Giant excavator machinery. Extractive industry.

Stacker and conveyor belt, opencast lignite mine, Garzweiler, Rhenish coalfield, Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Large electric shovel working at mine site, Highland Valley copper mine, Logan Lake, British Columbia

Aerial view of a surface coal mine in Wyoming's Powder River Basin, the largest coal mining region in the United States, Gillette, Wyoming, USA, North America

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Night shot of a spreader with conveyor system in the Garzweiler open-cast mine

Open pit. Opencast brown coal mine. Giant excavator machinery. Extractive industry.

Brown coal open pit landscape with enormous digging excavator in Garzweiler mine Germany. Brown coal open pit landscape with digging excavator in Germany

Spreader on the edge of the open-cast lignite mine in Garzweiler, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Welzow

ore conveyor in steel plant

Richards Bay, Richards Bay, South Africa

Two bucket excavators and a coal seam in the open pit in Garzweiler, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Open cast lignite mine with power station, Garzweiler, Juechen, Rheinische Braunkohlerevier, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Bucket wheel excavators 282 in Inden opencast mine, lignite mining, Inden, Rhenish lignite mining area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Conveyor belt and stacker in open-cast mining

Deutzen b Leipzig opencast lignite mine VEREINIGTES SCHLEENHAIN 58341 Excavator no. 1557 overturned 2012 Recovery planned for 2013

Conveyor belt for overburden and bulldozers on the edge of the Garzweiler opencast mine

Bucket-wheel excavator in an open pit. Bucket-wheel excavator in an open pit. Copyright: xZoonar.com/EugenxWaisx 3103731

Landscape of Garzweiler surface mine on sunny day, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Kohlelager und Transportbänder in einem Kohlekraftwerk *** Coal store and Conveyor belts in a Coal-fired power station 1074706493

Diamond mining, Botswana.

A big excavator mining clay.

Ore handling plant which crushes and mixes the iron ore until the correct blend is produced, the iron ore is then moved by conveyor belts to storage facilities prior to transport, iron ore is currently Australia's largest export earner and the mines of the Pilbara operate around the clock every day of the year, Newman, Pilbara region, Western Australia,6/5/2011

Hambach opencast lignite mine, Elsdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Cabbage bearing in a coal -fired power plant The power plant has five blocks, all of which still exist, but only block 5 is regularly operated. The block 5 operated with hard coal with an electrical output of 510 megawatts is in regular operation. The Block 4 operated with natural gas can only be used by the Federal Network Agency and the network operator to secure network stability. , Property Released

Stacker in the Garzweiler open pit, Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Bucket-wheel excavator in an open pit. Bucket-wheel excavator in an open pit. Copyright: xZoonar.com/EugenxWaisx 3103702

Mining area Garzweiler II, opencast mining, lignite, Garzweiler, Juechen, Rhenish lignite mining area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Brown coal, lignite being extracted by huge bucket-wheel excavators at open-pit mine, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Spoil excavator, Cottbus North opencast lignite mine, Jaenschwalde, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

Open-cast lignite mining, spreader, Juechen lookout point, Garzweiler open-cast mine, Juechen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Benches Of Chuquicamata, The Largest Open Pit Copper Mine In The World, Antofagasta Region, Chile

Open cut gold mine haul road, Gwalia, Western Australia

Lignite mining, Vereinigtes Schleenhain opencast mine, Groitzsch, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Brown coal strip mining, Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Amsdorf, aerial shot,

Bucket-wheel excavator wheel excavator in the Garzweiler open-cast mine

Stacker in the Garzweiler open pit in the blue hour, Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Limestone quarry, Hoennetal, Balve, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Heavy machinery Digging for coal Mae Moh mine in Lampang. Heavy machinery

Aerial view, open cast mine excavators in the Hambach open pit mine, earth fills, Niederzier, Juelich-Zuelpicher Boerde region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Blue sky over open-pit mine

Large excavator in the Garzweiler opencast lignite mine, Rhenish lignite mining area, Germany, Europe

Open cast mine Garzweiler II, Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Crane at a coal terminal, British Columbia, Canada

Black Coal Mining, Dragline Removing Overburden, Australia

The Athabasca Oil Sands deposit in northern Alberta, Canada contains and estimated 1.7 to 2.5 trillion barrels of heavy oil called bitumen.

Coal crane at the Offenbach harbour basin for the combined heat and power plant of power supply Offenbach (EVO), Offenbach am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Industrial zone

Abandoned village Borschemich, lignite opencast mine Garzweiler, RWE-Power, Rheinische Braunkohlerevier, Borschemich, Juechen, Lower Rhine, brown coal area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Garzweiler 2, brown coal surface mining, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Open-cast mining with red rocks in Rübeland, National Park Harz in northern Germany

Inden open-cast mining, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Spoil excavator, Cottbus North opencast lignite mine, Jaenschwalde, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

Davant, Louisiana, The United Bulk Terminals dry bulk export terminal stores coal and petcoke for export and loads it onto ships on the Mississippi River.

Germany, Stuttgart, gravel pit with silos

Deutzen b Leipzig opencast lignite mine VEREINIGTES SCHLEENHAIN 58352 Excavator no. 1557 overturned 2012 Recovery planned for 2013

Kohlelager und Transportbänder in einem Kohlekraftwerk *** Coal store and Conveyor belts in a Coal-fired power station 1074706491

Spreader machinery at famous Garzweiler surface mine

Open pit. Opencast brown coal mine. Giant excavator machinery. Extractive industry.

Black Coal Mining, Dragline Removing Overburden, Australia

Garzweiler open-cast mine in the sunlight

Bucket-wheel excavator in an open pit. Bucket-wheel excavator in an open pit. Copyright: xZoonar.com/EugenxWaisx 3103746

loading iron ore conveyor machine from the warehous

Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Juechen, Garzweiler surface mine at sunrise

Spoil heaps and stacker in the Welzow-Sued opencast lignite mine, Niederlausitz, Spree-Neisse, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

Welzow

Pulp and Paper mill, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

A bucket-wheel excavator used in strip mining

Bucket-wheel excavator wheel excavator, open pit lignite mine Garzweiler, Juechen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Inden opencast lignite mine and Weisweiler power plant, Inden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Germany, North Rhine_Westphalia, Glesch, Brown coal surface mining

High angle view of bucket-wheel excavator at mine against sky during sunset

Schleben opencast mine

Large excavator in the Garzweiler open-cast lignite mine, Rhenish lignite mining area, Germany, Europe

Aerial view of a non-lignite coal strip mine; Powder River Basin, Wyoming, United States of America

Bucket-wheel excavator wheel excavator in open-cast mine undergoing overhaul

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