• Mining

    • Mining gives us the stuff we need to produce energy, houses, cars, computers, and thousands of other products. But mining can be nasty business.

    • Mining

  • Energy use from mining

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  • globally, this year

    • Mining consumes gigantic amounts of energy

    Enough to supply 80 percent of the world's electricity use. Or the total energy consumption of Australia, Mexico, South Korea, Italy and Canada.

    It’s not solar powered

    The energy used in mining does not come from wind or solar power. It comes from burning fossil fuels. The industry is among the largest sources of CO2 emissions.

    It’s BIG business

    Mining uses some of the heaviest machinery on the planet. The largest of these machines can weigh up to 13,000 tonnes (3,700 African elephants) and are able to remove 160 cubic meters of soil in one single go (more than the world's annual gold production).

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