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    Mining in France is based solely on the nature of the material, whether extracted from the surface or underground. These include fuels (coal, hydrocarbons...
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    Uranium mining in France is the activity of the 210 or so uranium mines that operated in the country between 1945 and 2001. Together, these sites produced...
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  • The history of coal mining goes back thousands of years, with early mines documented in ancient China, the Roman Empire and other early historical economies...
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    Nickel mining in New Caledonia is a major sector of the New Caledonian economy. The island contains about 7.1 million tonnes of nickel reserves, about...
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    Canadian Mining Journal. 16 May 2010. "Canadian Safety Reporter May 31, 2010 Mining industry now a 'safety leader'". "Nuclear Energy in France". France in the...
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    Germinal (novel) (category Mining in France)
    migrant worker arrives at the forbidding coal mining town of Montsou in the bleak area of the far north of France to earn a living as a miner. Sacked from...
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    The Nord-Pas-de-Calais Mining Basin is a mining basin in Northern France that stretches across the Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments. The region is famous...
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  • List of countries by uranium production (category Uranium mining)
    which specializes in the nuclear fuel market. List of countries by uranium reserves Uranium mining by country Uranium mining in France List of uranium projects...
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    rush in French Guiana". The Guardian. 17 December 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2019. "The fight against illegal gold mining in French Guiana". France 24....
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    d'Anzin (Anzin Mining Company) was a large French mining company in the coal basin of Nord-Pas-de-Calais in northern France. It was established in 1756 and...
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  • world's largest producer of uranium is Kazakhstan, which in 2019 produced 43% of the world's mining output. Canada was the next largest producer with a 13%...
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  • underground coal mining, although accidents also occur in hard rock mining. Coal mining is considered much more hazardous than hard rock mining due to flat-lying...
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    Mining is important to the national economy of Mongolia. Mongolia is one of the 29 resource-rich developing countries identified by the International Monetary...
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    Saône-et-Loire coal basin, recognized as a Musée de France. Established in 1978, it is located on the former mining site in the commune of Blanzy, Saône-et-Loire....
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    Mining is the extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth. Mining is required to obtain most materials that...
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    Jacques de Morgan (category French mining engineers)
    a French mining engineer, geologist, and archaeologist. He was the director of antiquities in Egypt[when?] during the 19th century, and excavated in Memphis...
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    Société de l'industrie minérale (category History of mining in France)
    staged in Saint-Etienne and Paris In 1985, a French National Committee distinct from the SIM was created for French representation at the World Mining Congress...
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  • (Réunion) S.A. is the most significant producer of mineral products in Réunion. In 2006, the company produced an estimated 400,000 t of cement by grinding...
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    Mining in Afghanistan was controlled by the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum, prior to the August 15, 2021 takeover by the Taliban. It is headquartered...
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  • Thumbnail for Marcinelle mining disaster
    The Marcinelle mining disaster (French: Catastrophe de Marcinelle, lit. 'the Marcinelle catastrophe') occurred at the Bois du Cazier coal mine at Marcinelle...
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    Uranium mining is the process of extraction of uranium ore from the ground. Over 50,000 tons of uranium were produced in 2019. Kazakhstan, Canada, and...
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  • quantification North Sea oil Les Télots Mine Fracking Oil well Mining in France Creveney shale mining operation "IMPORTATIONS DE PÉTROLE BRUT* PAR ORIGINE". Chiffres...
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    Mining in Luxembourg mostly refers to the extraction of iron ores, known as Minette. Iron-ore mining, both open-pit and underground, had significant economic...
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  • used in nuclear power plants that accept this type of fuel, saving 900t of natural uranium out of the 8400t consumed annually. Uranium mining in France began...
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    The mining industry of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (French: Industrie minière de la République Démocratique du Congo) is a major global supplier...
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    The Loire coal mining basin is an area of France that has been shaped by seven centuries of coal extraction from the 13th century to the 20th century...
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    The mining of minerals in Nigeria accounts for only 0.3% of its gross domestic product, due to the influence of its vast oil resources. The domestic mining...
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    Mining has been practiced in Taiwan for hundreds of years. Sulfur was an early important resource collected on the island. Coal mining expanded in the...
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    mining is one of the earliest type of mining operated in Malaysia, starting in the 1820s in Perak and in 1824 in Selangor. The development of mining industries...
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    importance of mining and production of raw minerals has changed throughout time and has involved many foreign stakeholders, most notably France, the former...
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