People plant a great number of young trees in the mountains.When the trees grow big and tall enough, they are cut down by workers and carried out of the mountains to the paper mill where fine paper is made from wood.Then it is taken to every corner of the country and used for differe...
This specially designed canary cage was used by miners who needed to detect the buildup of deadly methane and carbon monoxide gases in mines.Bettmann / Contributor via Getty Images Though many cages were not so thoughtfully constructed, Pollard wrote that he was relieved to come across the oxyge...
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Crude Oil: Extracted by heavy machinery in oil fields and underwater oil mines, mostly around the North Sea region. The two main price indicators and oil blends you’ll encounter on commodity exchanges are Brent crude oil and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil. ...
Many families in the town of Coober Pedy, Australia, do just that. Their houses, called dugouts, are carved out of the earth. They are similar to regular houses. They have kitchens, bedrooms, and living rooms, but they have few windows. Most of the light in the houses is artificial. ...
and on the rare instances that rain actually does occur, Death Valley's assorted crevices and canyons are prone to nasty flash floods. If that wasn't enough, the area also has many abandoned mines, and entering the crumbling tunnels is highly discouraged because they hold all manners of nast...
Kimberlite pipes are created as magma flows through deep fractures in the Earth. The magma inside the kimberlite pipes acts like an elevator, pushing the diamonds and other rocks and minerals through the mantle and crust in just a few hours. These eruptions were short, but many times mor...
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. Agnico Eagle had a tough year last year as inflation and costs increased at Meadowbank as well as mill restrictions at Fosterville and at Kittila which hurt output. Nonetheless Agnico’s production was in line with guidance and the company continues to grow organically ...
Stephenson had been working with various railways used in British mines and settled on what is now the standard gauge. Freight Railroad Systems This Wyoming freight train's open-topped ore cars are filled with coal, a common load for freight railroads. Michael Melford/Getty Images ...
In Section 2 of this post, I tried to explain that a peak-oil impact is likely to be inflation. This occurs because ramping up debt to try to stimulate the economy no longer works to get additional cheap energy products from the ground. Instead of getting as many finished goods and servi...