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How is Iron mined?
- You may be able to find your answer at iron. HereToHelp 21:17, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
--- <rant> This rampant page consolidation has got to be stopped. Iron mining is a DISTINCT activity, different from mining in general. While you're at it, each and every type of mining is distinct. </rant>
-swelke
12000 km of tunnels under Banská Štiavnica seems an awful lot of tunnelling, even if it's been going on for centuries. Sure there isn't a decimal point mislaid somewhere? -- Hongooi 09:54, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
What problems do mine owners have to deal with?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by [[User:User:456.789.123|User:456.789.123]] ([[User talk:User:456.789.123|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/User:456.789.123|contribs]]).
I'd like to see discussion of native sub-Saharan African mining (pre-European contact). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by [[User:User:69.232.105.130|User:69.232.105.130]] ([[User talk:User:69.232.105.130|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/User:69.232.105.130|contribs]]).
REVISION NEEDED: environmental section, "Several million dollars annually are spent on the environmental effects of these tailing ponds at Climax, Colorado, even though the molybdenum mine has been closed for decades." The mine closed in 1995, and will probably reopen next year. And I seriously doubt the "several million dollars" part. Pete Tillman 18:59, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
- Every time moly prices spike they say that they'll re-open the Climax mine. Usually before they make the final go-ahead decision moly prices go back down, or there's a threat that they will, and they end up not doing it. I wouldn't expect Climax to re-open until I actually saw concentrate on a truck leaving the place. That said, they ought to be making good money over at the Henderson these days. BSMet94 19:19, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Miner's strikes
I came to this article looking for a link to the mining strikes that took place in the UK in the 1970s and 1980s, but can find nothing even in the "See also" section. The economic impact of mining, and the effect of removing this economy from an area is a very important issue that should at least have a mention, I feel. -- Francs2000 
23:09, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
Very U.S centric article here. Interesting info but there is so much more happening worldwide. What about some of the current global geo-political mining issues? Coltan, diamonds etc. and the current situation in Congo? Environmental issues such as those happening in Eastern Europe etc.?
[edit] "sub-surface" mining
The section discussing "sub-surface" mining should be edited as noone in the industry refers to any of those "types". It would be better to distinguish being captive and non captive methods, or conventional vs mechanize methods. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.99.112.214 (talk • contribs) 14:50, 10 January 2007.
[edit] Historical techniques
I'd be very interested to see this article's history section expanded with a discussion of historical techniques of mining, how pre-industrial or even ancient cultures mined without the aid of modern equipment or mass production.--Primal Chaos 15:53, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Spam?
Which link would be considered spam? --Remi0o 22:57, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
- Since the article is a general article on mining I would expect the links to cover most of what is in the article, not be country specific and not require the reader to go searching for the specific information that only cover part of the article (leave those links to more specific article pages ie Mining in the American West).
- Journals have specific articles, not a general article on what mining is (although this one has - see below)-
- Mining Journal [1]
- Commercial sites that don't easily add to the information in the article (more focused on company and products - save these links for other pages) -
- MBendi World Mining Overview, including detailed reports by commodity, operator and geographical area
- Mine & Quarry Data Free information about operators, owners, operations, suppliers, events and minerals
- MineOnline.com.au - Australia's Mining Industry Directory
- Mining Technology Mining, quarrying and tunnelling industry news, projects, suppliers and glossary.
- Association pages add nothing to the article except links to other pages or phone numbers to ring to get more information-
- These links are too specific and should be moved to their respective pages
- So that would make these links (more) relevant-
Which I have updated. Remi0o see the commercial sites above - they are just promoting their websites, they don't add extra info to the article in a simple fashion. - Ctbolt 02:38, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
- Good call(s). Thanks for doing that. Cheers Geologyguy 03:18, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
