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Outline of mining
Overview of and topical guide to mining / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to mining:
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Mining ā extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually (but not always) from an ore body, vein or (coal) seam. Any material that cannot be grown from agricultural processes, or created artificially in a laboratory or factory, is usually mined.