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Mining

Mining for coal is something that is widely known, but did you know that diamonds, uranium, copper, and other non-renewable natural resources are also mined? There are two types of mining; surface and subsurface. Questions about the methods and types of mining, what ores are mined, and related questions should be asked in this category.

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What country produces the most diamonds?

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What is the meaning of strip mining?

"Strip mining" is the practice of mining a seam of mineral by first removing a long strip of overlying soil and rock (the overburden). It is most commonly used to mine coal or tar sand.

What country is the world's leading producer of copper?

It is Chile that is the world's largest producer of copper, mining some 35 percent of the world output. The US (a net copper importer), Indonesia and Peru are the second, third and fourth largest producers. Use the link below to check these facts and learn more about copper.

Which state in the US produces the most cotton?

Texas leads the U.S. in cotton production . In 2000, growers produced over 4 million bales, making over $1 billion to the Texas cotton industry. Texas annually produces about 25% of the entire U.S. crop and plants over 6 million acres! That's over 9,000 square miles of cotton fields.
In 2009, Texas produced 4.9 million bales of cotton, far outdoing the next closest state of Georgia at 1.8 million bales.

How much is trucking cost per ton?

There isn't a set rate. It depends on distance, commodity, and special instructions (e.g., tarped loads), and what the shipper is willing to pay.

Advantages of mining?

There are many advantages one is electricity for houses and things like that computers, tv,

What is the ticker symbol for Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company?

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company is now known as 3M. Their ticker symbol is (MMM) on the New York Stock Exchange.

What country mines the most gold?

Examples are: China, Australia, South Africa, United States, Canada, Russia, Peru, Mexico, Uzbekistan etc.

How do tornado effect people?

Tornadoes can damage or destroy homes, businesses, crops and other property and kill or injure pets, livestock, and people.

What does a diamond crystal look like?

The "ideal" diamond crystal is called an octohedron. If you take two - four sided pyramid shapes and put them together at the base, that's an octohedron. Square around the center "equator" and pointed at both ends.

Diamond crystal are seen in forms such as variable octahedron, cube, dodecahedron, twinned macle and combination of cubic forms.

Do you and should you use the gold standard today?

No country in the world currently fixes its currency to gold. The last currency to be officially decoupled from gold was the Swiss Franc in 2000.

As to whether or not the gold standard should be employed today, one's worldview on government is usually the determining factor. If you believe that government has a responsibility to protect you from every possible harm, and provide cradle-to-grave security for everyone within its borders, than the gold standard is impossible. This is because government spending requires a fiat (fake) currency so that the central bank can inflate the monetary base to allow more government spending. However, this debases the value of the currency, making your money buy less and less, which is an insidious and indirect form of taxation.

If, however, you take a limited government view, where the government is responsible only for enforcing contract law, protecting individuals from directly harming one another, and securing national borders, then the gold standard is the best recipe for limiting the size of government, since it cannot create gold out of thin air, and thus must be able to have on hand the gold reserves for all the money it prints. This ensures that your money is always worth the same amount of gold, which will actually result in deflation, making your money worth more and more all the time, meaning you can buy more with the money you have, as prices (and yes, wages) will fall over time. However, that directly rewards savings, meaning that your retirement fund or purchasing power will grow in value continually, since the same amount of money is constantly chasing more goods, driving down costs.

The answer for today is not necessarily a government-mandated gold standard, but instead competing currencies. If gold and silver were allowed, like the Constitution says, to be legal tender (i.e. the Federal Reserve Note system is 100% unconstitutional, and therefore illegal), then the worthless fiat dollar would have to compete with hard money like gold, silver, platinum, and whatever else was determined to hold market value as money. Of course, this would destroy the government's ability to inflate, since FRNs would eventually be ignored because of their plummeting value, forcing the government to actually cut spending.

So yes, we should have a hard money-backed financial system. Things get ridiculously out of hand when you have bailout-guaranteed, well-connected banks that create a derivatives market of ten times the national debt, and can lose billions and billions of dollars in mere seconds. Then, of course, these banks that made risky moves can then look to their pals in Congress to steal more funds from you, through direct taxation, postponed taxation (borrowing), or indirect taxation (inflation), to prop up their stupid financial decisions.

What advantages do flumes have over weirs and why?

The benefits in using a flume as opposed to a weir include that flumes are self-cleaning. There is less of a head loss for a flume as opposed to a weir. There are also many different adapters and options that can be added directly to the flume.

What is the ticker symbol for SanDisk Corporation?

The ticker symbol for SanDisk Corporation is SNDK and it is traded on the Nasdaq.

Was slavery a necessary evil?

You mean slavery in general, or the enslavement of black persons in America before about 1850? Slavery is not currently considered ethical. Some argue that without the enslavement of black persons, America would not have been able to establish it self as quickly as a self-reliant nation. Slavery is means to an end. Just like paying workers minimum wages, which they can just barely scrape by on, but which also makes a big business man wealthy, is a means to an end. Nothing is really evil, nor is it really necessary if you twist your veiw point enough.

Why is gold mining important?

gold is the natural resources of a country...if we need foreign exchange we should mine it out...now we can accept gold as a firm and faithful investment...because in coming years the value of dollar is getting down..

How much of the US would blow up from 1 kilogram of uranium?

It is not possible for 1 kilogram of uranium to "blow up" on its own like a bomb. However, if properly enriched and designed, 1 kilogram of uranium could potentially create a nuclear explosion, which would have devastating consequences within a significant radius.

What was the production miracle in World War 2?

The 'Production Miracle' of World War Two was the streamlining and re-organization of Nazi Germany's industrial capabilities from 1942 onwards. Under the able leadership of Albert Speer, Germany's economic productivity was maximised, at a time when Allied strategic bombing of occupied Europe was begining to lower the effectiveness of the German industrial heartland. The methods were relatively simple, but required adminstrative force and mass organization to implement. The most common process was componant reduction, where designs for everything from tanks to pistols were streamlined to include less individual parts, thus reducing production time. The reduction of designs types, (eg. producing five, rather then twelve, types of tank) also aided this process. It is deemed 'miraculous' as Germany actually managed to increase its weapons output despite diminishing supplies and ever more ferocious aerial bombing. Particularly notable was the ability to increase output of steel manufactured weapons despite a far lower overall quantity of steel being available then at the begining of the war. However it should be noted that such measures only optimised the German economy, and could not rectify the fundamental disparity between Axis and Allies in the area of industrial production. For an in depth study of the superior productive power of the Allies, see 'Brute Force', by John Ellis. (1990)

What is the ticker symbol for Newmont Mining Corporation?

The ticker symbol for Newmont Mining Corporation is NEM and it is traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

Where are the largest iron mines in the world?

The largest and most modern iron mining operation in the world is located in Kiruna, Sweden. (in Lapland)

The largest mine in probable ore reserves is the open pit Carajás Mine in Para, Northern Brazil, holding an estimated 7.2 billion tons of iron. The ground below the Carajás National Forest contains an estimated 18 billion tons of ore in total.

What is the ticker symbol for RadioShack Corporation?

The ticker symbol for RadioShack Corporation is RSH and it is traded on the New York Stock Exchange.