Mining and Natural Resource Extraction

Aerial views of mining sites and agricultural landscapes, illustrating the extraction processes and land use.

Peat cutting on Shetland, Scotland. the peat is drying next to the peat bank it was cut from. Shetland, Northern Isles, Scotland. (Large format sizes available)

Concrete in buckets at a construction site, Jacarepagua neighbourhood, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

Sand blowing from man's hands

Aerial view of a construction site for a residential area in Vero Beach, Florida, United States.

Maras salt mines in Salinas near Tarabamba in Peru

Cervaiole Marble Quarry on Mount Altissimo, Seravezza, owned by Henraux, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Quarry Big stones in open pin quarry Copyright: xZoonar.com/MarkoxBericx 6760516

Traditional Brick Furnace, India

The island of Gozo in the Maltese archipelago. Traditional salt production using sea water and evaporation pans. Europe, Southern Europe, Malta. (Large format sizes available)

Tyre Dump

Ploughed red clay soil agriculture fields ready to sow

Iceland, Silica deposits near geothermal power plant, Silica deposits near geothermal power plant in Iceland.

tire tracks perspective prints in clay

Santa Pola salinas saltworks mountains of salt in Alicante Spain

Sandsteinbruch Sandsteinbruch Copyright: xZoonar.com/MartinaxBergx 9157268

pine logs stripped of veneer at a plywood factory

Wheel tracks in the mud, detail footprints bulldozer in the construction road Focus on wheel trail on the ground. Wheel tracks in the mud, detail footprints bulldozer in the construction road Copyright: xZoonar.com/OvchinnikovaxOlgax 9399903

Machines, open ore mining pit, Erzberg mountain near Eisenerz, Styria, Austria, Europe

Pool construction worker shooting concrete, shotcrete or gunite through hose

Rows of clay bricks in brick factory, Morocco

Wastewater treatment in the wastewater treatment plant, Voerde, Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Rail stack of rail stacks

Timber loading, Northeastern Tasmania, Australia.

Blick auf einen Haufen geernteter reifer Zuckerrüben View on freshly harvested sugar beet, scattered and stacked in large pile waiting loader and transporter for transshipment, placed on ground against blue clear sky. Copyright: xZoonar.com/kadarjan_romanyahoo.comnx 22661672

Salt production, Teneguia salt pans, southern cape, Punta de Fuencaliente, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe

Typical viticulture in dry farming method, La Geria, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe

Leather tanning, Fez, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Morocco, North Africa. (Photo by: Luca Picciau/REDA&CO/UIG)

Aerial view of cranes working at the largest waste dumping yard in Aminbazar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Agricultural designs Los Monegros comarca Zaragoza Spain

Saline exploration in Janubio on Lanzarote Island, Spain

Styrophoric waste at a recycling plant

Old quay wall Potato jetty Wohlenberger Wieck

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

Bales of straw in a field barn, Tuscany, Italy

Gold mine, Kalimantan, Indonesia, Asia

Patiya, Bangladesh - 22 November 2019: Aerial view of persons working in a fish farm, placing fishes on a long tray for drying, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Mechanical shovel excavator in the marble stone pit of Carrara Tuscany Italy

View up a coal burning power plant cooling tower on a sunny day

Große weiße Marmorblöcke in einem alten verlassenen Steinbruch Large white marble blocks in an old abandoned quarry in the village of Buguldeika Copyright: xZoonar.com/ViktoryaxxTelminovax 22850313

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Tractor tracks and depressed corn field, Germany, Europe

Mined coal at colliery museum, Rhondda Heritage Park Museum, Trenafod, South Wales, june

Aerial view of the stark contrast between the rust-colored earth and the inky black water creates a scene of otherworldly beauty, Aluminium Refinery, Western Australia, Australia.

Creek carting ocher powder PN Kootenay in Canada

Aerial view of colossal excavators carving deep into the earth, revealing layers of ochre and beige, a scar on the landscape, Tagebau Hambach, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

Detail Of Turf Cutting, Connemara, Co Galway, Ireland

Sludge channel and scraper in the cubicle house of an organic dairy farm, Sweden, Europe

Manufacture of coal briquette Lake Erhaï Yunnan China

pieces of wood at bioenergy power plant Graun im Vinschgau Vinschgau Trentino-South Tyrol Italy

Paving paving paving

PAPUA NEW GUINEA, MOROBE, EWARE VILLAGE, COPRA PRODUCTION, COCONUTS LAYING IN SUN TO DRY

Cuba, Vinales Valley. Tobacco farms, cigar production. Tobacco leaves drying on racks.

Old mine for extraction of sand and stone

Peat Cutting. Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Date:

Peat cutting, Connemara, County Galway, Connacht, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Garzweiler, open-cast lignite mine

Stacked up wine jars in a winery, Zhejiang Province, China

Maras, Peru, October 11, 2015: Salt evaporation ponds at the Maras salt mines, South America

Old mine for extraction of sand and stone

Federal Reserve , Construction, Banks, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Workers in toxic sulfur mining in sulfur mine at night, back blue fire of volcano Ijen, Ijen, Java, Indonesia, Asia

Fishing Nile Perch (Lates Niloticus) Backbones Of Fish Drying Preparatory To Inclusion In Fish Meal Busiri Beach Management Unit, Lake Victoria, Uganda, East Africa

Blown-up gas chamber, concentration camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Auschwitz, Poland, Europe

Brick Kiln Workers in Bangladesh

Red mud deposits, with cracks forming. Red mud / alumina storage facility . Alumina is a highly alkaline waste product from the aluminium industry.

Aerial view of a striking contrast between the deep blue water and the reddish-brown earth, creating a surreal landscape, Aluminium Refinery, Western Australia, Australia.

Shovel and a pile of brown coal for heating

Limestone blocks blocks of limestone processed and ready for use, are against the blue sky Copyright: xZoonar.com/fogenxiotkovskiyxgennadiyx 3444465

A780940 ROCK SPRINGS, WY TALLEY SITE #17 BOB BEASLEY (Project Engineer) AUG 21 78 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 8/21/1978 BEASLEY, BOB; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT (SNL); INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MUD; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; OIL EXPLORATION; OIL FIELDS; OIL SHALE PROJECT; ROCK SPRINGS, WY; SHALE OIL PROJECT; SPOOLS; TALLEY SITE; TALLEY SITE #17; TEST SITES; WELLS, OIL; WIRE & CABLES; WYOMING historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Panjakent, Sughd Province, Tajikistan. Excavation at the Sarazm Archaeological Site. (Editorial Use Only)

Rich Colliery

Sintering, transport tunnel, quarry, Wuelfrath, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

High angle view of pick-up truck at underground salt mine

A781206 OAKRIDGE, TN WASTE DISPOSAL SITE DUIMSTRA (PROJECT ENGINEER) OCT 6 78 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 10/6/1978 CORROSION; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; OAKRIDGE, TN; TENNESSEE; TEST SITES; WASTE DISPOSAL SITE; OAKRIDGE, TN - WASTE DISPOSAL historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Grindstone Iraq

Peat cutting on Shetland, Scotland. the peat is drying next to the peat bank it was cut from. Shetland, Northern Isles, Scotland. (Large format sizes available)

Stockholm, Sweden Oct 13, 2024 A selfies station with construction worker figures at the construction of the wastewater treatment plant at Hammarbybacken in the center of town.

Maras, Peru, October 11, 2015: Salt evaporation ponds at the Maras salt mines, South America

Mountains of Tires in a Landfill in the Colorado Plains

Bales with plastic film for plastic recycling in a recycling plant, Germany, Europe

Protection facility on the way to the Saentis/Switzerland

Salt processing area open to visitors Landscape on the salt flats Salar Salinas Grandes in the Altiplano, Argentina. (Editorial Use Only)

Demolition of a former office building, iron reinforcement, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Tyres in the desert sand between Al Fayoum Oasis and Bahariya Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt, Africa

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