Category
page 1Open-pit mines
Gällivare
Gällivare (; ; or ; or ; ) is a locality and the seat of Gällivare Municipality in Norrbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden with 8,449 inhabitants in 2010. The town was founded in the 17th century. Together with nearby towns Malmberget and Koskullskulle it forms a conurbation with some 15,000 inhabitants.

Chuquicamata
Chuquicamata ( ; referred to as Chuqui for short) is the largest open pit copper mine in terms of excavated volume in the world. It is located in the north of Chile, just outside Calama, at above sea level. It is northeast of Antofagasta and north of the capital, Santiago. Flotation and smelting facilities were installed in 1952, and expansion of the refining facilities in 1968 made 500,000 tons annual copper production possible in the late 1970s. Previously part of Anaconda Copper, the mine is now owned and operated by Codelco, a Chilean state enterprise, since the Chilean nationalization of
Big Hole
open-pit and underground mine in Kimberley, South Africa
Bingham Canyon Mine
copper mine in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Grasberg Mine
mine located in the province of Central Papua in Indonesia
Mir diamond mine
Russian diamond mine
Udachnaya diamond mine
Russian diamond mine
Kumtor Gold Mine
Gold Mine in Kyrgyzstan
Athabasca oil sands
oil and bitumen deposits in Canada
Penrhyn Quarry
slate quarry
Jwaneng diamond mine
mine in Botswana
Pascua Lama
mine in Chile
Turów Coal Mine
lignite mine in southwest Poland
Berkeley Pit
mine
Super Pit gold mine
gold mine in Western Australia
Rössing uranium mine
mine

Yanacocha
thumb|Yanacocha gold mine near Cajamarca, Peru
Yanacocha (Cajamarca Quechua: yana = "black, dark", qucha = "lake, puddle, pond, lagoon") is a gold mine in the Cajamarca region of the Northern Highlands of Peru. Considered to be the fourth largest gold mine in the world, it produced 0.97 million ounces of gold in 2014. The 251-square kilometer open pit mine is situated about 30 kilometers (14 km straight line) north of Cajamarca, in high pampa, straddling the watershed. Formerly a joint venture between Newmont Goldcorp, Compañia de Minas Buenaventura and the International Finance Corporati
Escondida Mine
thumb|300px|Location of the La Escondida and Chuquicamata copper mines in Chile
thumb|200px|False color satellite image of Escondida (bottom) and neighbouring Zaldívar mines (top), April 2000
Escondida is a large open-pit copper mine at elevation in the Atacama Desert in Antofagasta Region, Chile. It has for decades been one of world's most productive copper mines and is the mine that leads in copper and gold production in Chile. In 2019 it was estimated that the mine and its ancillary industries generated 2.5% of Chile's GDP. The mine's produce is largely exported to China as ore concentrate
Garzweiler surface mine
mine
Maykaiyn
Maykaiyn (; ) is a village in Bayanaul District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan. It is the head of the Maykaiyn Village Administration.
Diavik Diamond Mine
diamond mine
Orapa diamond mine
diamond mine
Hambach surface mine
open-pit lignite mine in Germany
Ekati Diamond Mine
diamond mine
Ranger Uranium Mine
uranium mine in the Northern Territory, Australia
Maritsa Iztok Complex
coal power plant
NLC India Limited
Government of India company in the fossil fuel mining sector
Cerrejón
Cerrejón is a large open-pit coal mine in Northern Colombia owned by Glencore. At Cerrejón, low-ash, low-sulphur bituminous coal from the Cerrejón Formation is excavated. At over the mine is one of the largest of its type, the largest in Latin America and the tenth biggest in the world. Cerrejón is divided into three sections, North Zone, Central Zone and South Zone. Total proven reserves are estimated at 503 megatonnes. In 2016, the mine produced .

Bełchatów Coal Mine
mine in Poland
Toquepala mine
mine in Peru
Sierra Menera
mountain in Spain
Sukari mine
mine in Egypt
Sarcheshmeh
thumb|left|Sar Cheshmar copper mining geological map
thumb|left|Sar Cheshmeh Copper concentrations
El Chino Mine
mine in New Mexico, United States of America
Bajo de la Alumbrera
mine in Argentina
Panguna mine
Copper mine in Papua New Guinea (Bougainville Island)
Damtshaa diamond mine
diamond mine in Botswana
Prominent Hill Mine
mine in Australia
Jagersfontein Mine
open-pit mine
Las Bambas copper mine
mine in Peru
Cadia-Ridgeway Mine
mine in New South Wales, Australia
Konin Coal Mine
mine in Poland
Telfer Mine
copper and gold mine located at Telfer, Western Australia
Lavender Pit
former copper mine in Cochise County, Arizona
Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine
open pit iron mine in Hibbing, Minnesota, United States
Martha Mine
mine in New Zealand
Batu Hijau mine
mine in Indonesia
Hutti Gold Mines Limited
Indian gold mining and production company
Peak Downs Mine
mine in Queensland, Australia
El Chanate
human settlement in Mexico
Nchanga Copper Mine
Zambian mine
Sao Domingos Mine
cultural heritage monument in Mértola, Portugal
Los Pelambres mine
mine in Salamanca, Chile
Cuajone mine
mine in Peru
Macraes Mine
mine in New Zealand