Power shovel is a bucket-equipped machine for digging and loading earth / fragmented rock onto large mine dump trucks
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. is a Canadian based mining & metals company whose fundamental activities include mineral exploration and mining. First Quantum is one of the world’s leading copper producers. Large and expensive machinery specifically designed for ore and mineral extraction is a prerequisite in the mining of copper. Open-pit or open-cast mining is a surface mining technique for the extraction of rock / ore in order to obtain minerals from the earth. The Copperbelt runs through northern Zambia and is recognized for copper mining. This photograph was taken in northern Zambia on the copperbelt. Extreme Mining Machines - This power shovel (rope shovel) is an electric bucket-equipped machine for digging and loading earth and fragmented rock onto large mine dump trucks.
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Location: Sentinel, North-West Zambia, Zambia, Africa
Photo credit: © Blaize Pascall / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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