Deepest Mine facts
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The deepest mine in the world, Mponeng in S. Africa, has rock faces 140-degrees due to proximity to Earth's core, and is inhabited by "ghost minders" -- pale criminals armed with AKs and beer bottle grenades who reside in the shafts for months at a time to steal gold.
The bottom of Kidd Mine is so deep it is considered to be the closest point of access to the earth's center.
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Issues of mining at Kidd Mine that can have negative impact on the environment include greenhouse gas emissions, water use and waste management, and damage to the environment that can result in harming species at risk.
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Kidd Mine is also referred to as Kidd Creek Mine.
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Eight of the top ten of the world's deepest mines are located in South Africa. Only Kidd Mine and Creighton are not and they are both found in Ontario.
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The world's biggest excavators are found at Tagebau Hambach mine. They are 96 meters high and 220 meters long. They weigh as much as 13,500 tons. The excavators can extract 240,000 tons of coal in only one day. This is enough to fill a professional football stadium as high as 30 meters.
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Prior to being owned by Glencore Inc., the mine was owned by other companies including Texas Gulf Sulphur, Falconbridge Ltd, and Xstrata Copper.
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Kidd Mine is located in the Abitibi greenstone belt - a mostly volcanic rock greenstone belt that extends across Ontario and Quebec and is estimated to be 2,800 million years old.
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Towns that have been resettled due to the mine's existence and expansion have existed for as long as 1000 years in some cases.
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Kidd Mine is owned today by Glencore Inc. Kidd Operations operates the mine. Kidd Operations is subsidiary of Glencore Inc.
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Despite the commitment of Germany to clean energy, it continues to allow the brown coal mines in the country to expand, including Tagebau Hambach.
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The bottom of the world's deepest mine is so close to the mantle, the rock face reaches 60°c
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Towns that were resettled due to Tagebau Hambach mine opening included Lich-Steinstrab, Etzweiler, Tanneck, and Gesolei.
Because of land laws in Germany the government can continue to expand the mine by taking land from its owners and paying them what they deem it to be worth.
In 1982 the number of people working for Kidd Mine was over 3,000. Kidd Mine is Timmins" largest employer.
More than 40 million tons of brown coal is extracted from the mine each year.
Kidd Mine uses scoop trams which help to decrease worker danger and increase productivity.
Because Kidd Mine reaches below 3km it is necessary to use innovative technology to allow for proper operation. Ventilation is provided by some of the largest vent fans in the world.
By deepening Kidd Mine, Glencore Inc. has been able to extend the life of the mine at least until 2021.It was set to extend production only until 2017 but by deepening the mine it can continue to extract for several more years.
Kidd Mine has the world's longest surface to bottom ramp.
When Tagebau Hambach was first proposed and the approval process began it was 1974. By 1978 the excavation of the open pit mine began.
The Bingham Canyon Mine, an open pit copper mine located near Salt Lake City, which is the world's deepest man-made excavation. The mine is 2.75 miles (4,5km) across and 0.75 mile (1,2km) deep. If the mine was a stadium, it could seat nine million people.
As the mine is depleted overburden is used to backfill the pit. Each year approximately 250 million square meters of overburden is backfilled.
