Open Quarries and Mining Operations

Diverse aerial views of open quarries featuring heavy machinery, rock piles, and earth materials in various landscapes, showcasing industrial mining activities.

Water hole at a quarry
Water hole at a quarry
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Wheat Fields and Contour Farming, S.E. Washington
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Rock crushing machinery in working roadstone quarry, Ystrad Meurig Quarry, Ceredigion, Wales, April
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The tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.
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Hands of a man during a hot air balloon trip
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Pipes laid out for Natural Gas pipeline
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Germany, Baden-Wurttemberg, incinerator TREA Breisgau, Warm, damp slag
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REFORESTATION, AUSTRALIA. Western Australia, Darling Range, Jarrahdale Mine, vicinity Perth. Reforestation of bauxite mines by Alcoa of Australia. Bauxite crusher. . Bauxite comes out of this machine about the size of the marbles. It is loaded into trains up to 4 kilometers long and taken to the refinery where it is turned into alumina. Alumina is smelted into aluminium. Many of the airplanes manufactures by Boeing use aluminium mines in the Darling Range.
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Aftermath - Miscellaneous - Aerial - 26-HK-49-7. aerial view (obscured by finger) of damaged railroad tracks, date stamped 3 309pm. Hurricane Katrina
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New Road Under Construction View of a new road under construction with a front end loader at work in the far distance on top of a hill of material. Copyright: xZoonar.com/JacquesxJacobszx 10355011
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Gravel and sand open pit mining. Aerial view
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DETALLE DE UNA COLUMNA DE MARMOL - RESTOS ARQUEOLOGICOS DE LA BASILICA - S IV - FOTO AÑOS 90. Location: VILLA ROMANA. CARRANQUE. Toledo. SPAIN.
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Two engineers discussing at a gravel and asphalt plant
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One man running down through a ridge at an old mining waste
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Germany, Bavaria, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Zugspitze, installers working with rope pulley on goods cable lift
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Aerial view of sand mining operation extracting a range of mineral sands.
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Road works Repair of the road near the village of Mirny in the Samara region Samara Samara region Russia Copyright: xSvetlanaxVozmilovax Vozmilova5205
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Steel buckets to transport the molten metal inside of plant
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back hoe, contruction, water
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Platinum Mining and processing, Dump Truck for transporting rocks
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Electrical cable
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Early Construction of Douglas Dam, Tennessee Valley Authority, Tennessee, USA, Alfred T. Palmer for Office of War Information, June 1942
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View at the Abraumhalde from Potash Plant Zielitz on 10 08 2024 108913866
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crusher plant at gravel mine in Thailand
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Richards Bay Minerals dune mining, Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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sand quarry mounds of varied construction sands color outdoor
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Aerial view of the butchering of cargo TK Bremen Britain
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A generator shed stands in front of a concrete entryway leading to a pre-positioning cave which is used to store U.S. Marine Corps equipment. Country: Norway (NOR)
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Johannesburg, South Africa - April 20 2012: Manganese Mining and Equipment
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Aerial view of a quarry with many lorries parked and waiting to be loaded at brick factory along Buriganga river, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Workers in toxic sulfur mining in sulfur mine at night, back blue fire of volcano Ijen, Ijen, Java, Indonesia, Asia
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Young engineer checking soil samples on construction site
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Nogales, Arizona, The National Guard is building a road near border fence that separates the United States and Mexico to give the Border Patrol easier access.
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Two engineers at a gravel and asphalt plant
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Economy. 19th century. Mining. Coal mine with several floors. Colored engraving. "The Art of the Illustration", 1888.
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Aerial view of a power plant or mining station, an old tower against rice paddy fields in the background. Environment, industry concepts.
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Lava engulfing a field and fence near Pahoa on the Big Island of Hawaii.. Hawaii Puu Volcanic eruption and Lava Flow. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Panama, 09/11/2015. Panama Canal, project under construction. In the image, the water reuse vats of the Gatún locks. Photo: Maya Balanya ARCHDC.
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Tornado - Holt, Ala. , August 19, 2011 - Construction workers build the foundation to repair a section of Hurricane Creek Train Bridge, after an April 27th tornado ripped through the center of it. Hurricane Creek Bridge is the oldest and longest railroad bridge in the south east, built between 1909 and 1913. It is now owned by Alabama Southern Railroad, an 85 mile track running east from Columbus, MS to Birmingham, AL. Repair on the bridge began on May 25th and are expected to continue through November. Currently, trains are being rerouted to through Birmingham. The community of Holt is working closely with FEMA to create a long term recovery plan.. Alabama Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Truck Operator, Fort McMurray, Canada.
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Aerial view excavator working on a construction site.
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Aerial view of industrial mining operations and machinery with salt lake textures on Lake Lefroy, Western Australia
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Aerial view of the copper mine of Minas de Rio Tinto, Andalusia, Spain.
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Old mining equipment and conveyour belts, Minas de Alquife, Andalusia, Spain
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DN-ST-85-10131. Base: Panama Canal Country: Panama (PAN)
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View of the saline pools and baskets of drying salt at a salt mining operation in Zapotitlan de las Salinas, in the state of Puebla, Mexico.
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Gold mines outdoors in Las Medulas, Spain
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Mining of sand in a pit
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Tourists in front of a Bucket-wheel excavator in the open pit Welzow-Sued, mining of brown coal by the Vattenfall energy company, Lower Lusatia, Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe
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Damaged Bridge along Mulholland HIghway, the steel beams melted from the extreme heat. The Woolsey wildfire started on November 8, 2018 and has burned over 98,000 acres of land, destroyed an estimated 1,100 structures and killed 3 people in Los Angeles and Ventura counties and the especially hard hit area of Malibu. California, USA
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Pick-up trucks at underground salt mine
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Coal mining from aerial view in Panoramic