Mining

upright=1.5|thumb|alt=Person stabbing a yellow mineral block|Mining of sulfur from a deposit at the edge of [[Ijen's crater lake, Indonesia]]

thumb|Iron ore ([[banded iron formation)]] thumb|Manganese ore – [[psilomelane (size: 6.7 × 5.8 × 5.1 cm)]] thumb|Lead ore – [[galena and anglesite (size: 4.8 × 4.0 × 3.0 cm)]]

place for the extraction of minerals

thumb|Freiburg im Breisgau|Freiburg Miner wearing a [[Mooskappe, stained glass window, 1330]] A miner is a person who extracts ore, coal, chalk, clay, or other minerals from the earth through mining. There are two senses in which the term is used. In its narrowest sense, a miner is someone who works at the rock face; cutting, blasting, or otherwise working and removing the rock. In a broader sense, a "miner" is anyone working within a mine, not just a worker at the rock face.

mineral extraction from the ocean floor

ore extraction process

process of recovering rare metals from stockpiles of discarded electrical and electronic equipment through mechanical and chemical treatments

Zone of the Pacific Ocean

exploration for, discovery of, and removal of valuable natural resources from the Earth

product of ore mines

Small cuboid mass of iron that was found buried in Tertiary lignite in Wolfsegg am Hausruck, Austria, in 1885

practice of controlling and managing a wide range of hazards associated with the life cycle of mining-related activities

A metalliferous mineral that may be extracted profitably from an orebody

former French mining company