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===Mining=== ...on after the conquest of the region in 25 BC using large-scale [[hydraulic mining]] methods. The spectacular [[gold mine]] at [[Las Medulas]] was worked by n ...

...cable|power cables]], [[Seafloor massive sulfide deposits|seafloor mineral mining]], [[oil and gas]], and [[offshore wind power]]. ==Underwater mining== ...

[[File:IsaKidd copper refinery.png|thumb|A modern copper refinery tankhouse using IsaKidd technology.]] ...nd Refining Operators Symposium, May 1985'' (The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne, 1985), 195–204.</ref> ...

A commutator consists of a set of [[copper]] segments, fixed around the part of the circumference of the rotating mach Replacing the copper and mica segments is commonly referred to as "refilling". Refillable doveta ...

...lude the entire connecting technology for data and voice networks based on copper cables for communications wiring. [[Fiber-optic communication|Fiber-optic c ...t of RJ45 connection modules for [[Ethernet over twisted pair|twisted-pair copper cabling]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=IBM übernimmt Verkabelungssystem von Reich ...

...ssessments is to cover the full life of the source, from material and fuel mining through construction to operation and waste management. |[[Copper indium gallium selenide solar cells|CIGS]], ground-mounted ...

* [[Surface Mining]]; [[Open-pit mining]] ...[[copper]] and [[aluminum]] (or alternatively, [[iron]]). The first metal, copper [[anode]], releases its ion into the water, creating an environment that is ...

...a and [[archaea]]. However, tungsten interferes with [[molybdenum]] and [[copper]] metabolism and is somewhat toxic to most forms of animal life.<ref>{{cite ...2 to free the [[Carrock Fell|Carrock mine]] from the German owned Cumbrian Mining Company and, during [[World War I]], restrict German access elsewhere.<ref> ...

...other values in a [[Metric (mathematics)|metric]] such as silver, bronze, copper, etc. A barley/shekel was originally both a unit of [[currency]] and a unit ...19th century where major changes in [[agriculture]], [[manufacturing]], [[mining]], and [[transport]] had a profound effect on the socioeconomic and cultura ...

...d. Machinery used for this purpose are much similar to those of [[deep sea mining]]. ...he benefits of the reduction of the size of the metals (e.g. [[silver]], [[copper]], [[titanium]], and [[cobalt]]) to the nanoscale such as contact efficienc ...

...t of the Bronze Age if it either produced bronze by [[smelting]] its own [[copper]] and [[alloy]]ing it with [[tin]], [[arsenic]], or other metals, or traded ...com/books?id=YnqLfVRJ3AkC&lpg=PA17&pg=PA21#v=onepage&q&f=false 21]}}</ref> Copper and tin ores are rare since there were no tin bronzes in [[West Asia]] befo ...

* Copper c. 3200 BC ...e valuable rocks were pursued by tunneling underground, the first steps in mining technology. The polished axes were used for forest clearance and the establ ...

...final epoch of the three historical [[Metal Ages]], after the [[Copper Age|Copper]] and [[Bronze Age|Bronze]] Ages.<ref name=Britannica>{{cite encyclopedia | ...components of [[bronze]]—tin with a melting point of {{cvt|231.9|°C}} and copper with a relatively moderate melting point of {{cvt|1,085|°C}}—were within th ...

...Depository for use in the [[Y-12 National Security Complex]] in place of [[copper]], which was in desperately short supply in wartime.<ref>{{harvnb|Hewlett|A ...

...Bruno Lange developed a photo cell using [[silver selenide]] in place of [[copper oxide]],<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9CcDAAAA ...s|cadmium telluride]] (CdTe), [[Copper indium gallium selenide solar cells|copper indium gallium diselenide]] (CIGS), and [[Amorphous silicon|amorphous thin- ...

...fore used in applications such as the wear plates of crushing equipment in mining operations. Advanced ceramics are also used in the medical, electrical, ele #[[Yttrium barium copper oxide]] (Y[[barium|Ba]]₂[[copper|Cu]]₃[[oxygen|O]]_7−x), a [[high-temperature supercond ...

...ance of consumer appliances). Line resistance is minimized by the use of [[copper conductor]]s, but the resistance and [[power supply]] specifications of con ...]<!-- with practical potential to reduce environmental/health impacts from mining, waste-generation and imports if it can be scaled up-->.<ref>{{cite news |t ...

....C.).}}</ref> Native copper does not naturally occur in large amounts, but copper ores are quite common and some of them produce metal easily when burned in ...e areas of [[British Agricultural Revolution|agriculture]], manufacturing, mining, [[metallurgy]], and transport, and the widespread application of the [[fac ...

...editors-choice-brand/fast-pace-of-growth-in-wind-energy-driving-demand-for-copper-56058 |website=Riviera Maritime Media}}</ref> ...bout 117 grams of CO2 per kWh, considering the emissions caused by uranium mining and the construction and operation of nuclear reactors. }}</ref> ...

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