Basically, anything that is not grown has to be dug out of the earth. That includes all metals, all minerals, oil and gas deposits. Odds are the power you are using in your computer right now came from mining- coal, oil, gas or uranium. Your computer contains 37 different elements that were obtained by mining. The wires that bring electrical power to your home are metals- from mining. It would be hard to find a room in your home that does not contain something that came from mining.
Those materials left over after the economically extractable portion of the mineral being mined has been separated from the ore.
Iron ore is mined in many places around the world. South America, Australia, and Asia have some of the largest iron ore mines.
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Opal is mined at Coober Pedy in South Australia.
bauxite can be recycled instead of being mined from the ground
Plutonium is not mined; it is a man made element.
Ores must be mined, smelted, and refined before they can be processed into useful everyday materials.
rubber
Tee principal raw materials are calcium carbonate and silicon dioxide.
Steel is manufactured. Iron ore is mined and turned into iron. Then the iron is mixed with other metals and materials to get steel.
strip mining
These are used for industrial minerals and building materials.
Uranium mined as an ore is the source of the fuel.
Those materials left over after the economically extractable portion of the mineral being mined has been separated from the ore.
No- but SOME things used to make gunpowder are mined.
Ores
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