832-306863 - Earth mover building a road for the refinery and harbour area of the Ramu Nickel Mine, chinese mining company, Basamuk, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia

832-306146 - Aerial shot, silting the rainforest after mining, Guyana, South America

832-304570 - Abandoned settlement at a silver mine, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

832-306142 - Aerial shot, silting the rainforest after mining, Guyana, South America

832-306145 - Aerial shot, silting the rainforest after mining, Guyana, South America

832-303061 - Pink lake near a salt mine, Dampir, Western Australia, Australia

832-303007 - Wooden sign hanging outside a shop in Roeros, iron mining town, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sor-Trondelag, Norway

832-303002 - Statue on a street in Roeros, iron mining town, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sor-Trondelag, Norway

832-303006 - Wooden sign hanging outside a shop in Roeros, iron mining town, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sor-Trondelag, Norway

832-303004 - Main street of Roeros, iron mining town, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sor-Trondelag, Norway

832-303005 - General store, antiques shop in Roeros, iron mining town, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sor-Trondelag, Norway

832-301888 - Broken chair by Daniel Berset, commissioned by Handicap International urging governments to sign Mine Ban Treaty, Place des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

832-303003 - Pharmacy, Roeros, iron mining town, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sor-Trondelag, Norway

832-303008 - Grocery store in Roeros, iron mining town, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sor-Trondelag, Norway

832-295910 - Salt excavation, Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

832-294652 - Mechanical shovel excavator at work in the marble stone pit of Carrara Tuscany Italy

832-294650 - Mechanical shovel excavator in the marble stone pit of Carrara Tuscany Italy

832-294657 - Stone bridge in the marble stone pit of Carrara Tuscany Italy

832-294651 - Mechanical shovel excavator in the marble stone pit of Carrara Tuscany Italy

832-294648 - Mechanical shovel excavator in the marble stone pit of Carrara Tuscany Italy

832-291860 - Wieliczka historic salt mine, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Poland, Europe

832-287904 - Cable sheave of the former Rheinpreussen Pit, Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-286431 - Pack of dynamite sticks as used in mining, Potosi, Bolivia, South America

712-2383 - Mine city of Ilakaka, Sapphire kingdom, Madagascar, Africa

712-2385 - Mine city of Ilakaka, Sapphire kingdom, Madagascar, Africa

712-2384 - Mine city of Ilakaka, Sapphire kingdom, Madagascar, Africa

465-3096 - The Big Hole, part of Kimberley diamond mine which yielded 2722 kg of diamonds, Northern Cape, South Africa, Africa

465-3098 - Victorian Kimberley, many of the buildings were rescued and relocated near to the now defunct Big Hole mine, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa, Africa

465-3097 - The Big Hole, part of Kimberley diamond mine which yielded 2722 kg of diamonds, Northern Cape, South Africa, Africa

832-283462 - The wooden buildings of the Venus Mill, the buildings housed a tramway for the ore British Columbia Canada

832-283461 - The wooden buildings of the Venus Mill, the buildings housed a tramway for the ore British Columbia Canada

832-283457 - Gold Dredge #4 Dawson Yukon Territory Canada

832-283455 - Machines in the interior of the Gold Dredge #4 Dawson Yukon Territory Canada

832-281608 - Heaven Steps of the artist Hermann Prigann on the stockpile Rheinelbe, IBA International Building Fair Emscherpark, Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

832-281556 - The glass elephant by Horst Rellecke, former mine Maximilian, Maximilianpark, Hamm, North Rhine Westphalia,

832-281558 - The glass elephant by Horst Rellecke with visitors, former mine Maximilian, Maximilianpark, Hamm, North Rhine Westphalia,

832-281602 - Heaven Steps of the artist Hermann Prigann on the stockpile Rheinelbe, IBA International Building Fair Emscherpark, Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

832-281604 - Heaven Steps of the artist Hermann Prigann on the stockpile Rheinelbe, IBA International Building Fair Emscherpark, Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

832-281553 - The glass elephant by Horst Rellecke, former mine Maximilian, Maximilianpark, Hamm, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany

832-281600 - Heaven Steps of the artist Hermann Prigann on the stockpile Rheinelbe, IBA International Building Fair Emscherpark, Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

832-275709 - Steep stairs, steps, escalator, Zeche Zollverein, Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-275708 - Escalator, Zeche Zollverein, Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-275711 - Escalator, Zeche Zollverein, Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-361432 - Super Pit (gold mine) Lookout, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, WA, Australia

832-361334 - Museum of the Goldfields, winding tower, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, WA, Australia

832-361359 - Argyle diamond mine, aerial view, Kimberley, Western Australia, WA, Australia

832-362011 - The Laxey Wheel transported the water from the Great Laxey Mining Company insideout till 1929, Isle of Man, Great Britain, Europa.

1158-317 - The old mining town of Roros, Sor-Trondelag County, Gauldal District, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

1158-315 - The old mining town of Roros, Sor-Trondelag County, Gauldal District, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

1158-314 - The old mining town of Roros, Sor-Trondelag County, Gauldal District, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

1158-316 - The old mining town of Roros, Sor-Trondelag County, Gauldal District, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

1158-318 - The old mining town of Roros, Sor-Trondelag County, Gauldal District, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

483-1626 - The salt mines of Las Salinas de Maras, where each little plot is individually owned, Peru, South America

483-1627 - The salt mines of Las Salinas de Maras, where each little plot is individually owned, Peru, South America

832-272056 - Salt worker makes salt accumulation, salt lake Salar de Uyuni, Altiplano, Bolivia, South America

832-272064 - Salt worker makes Salt accumulation, salt lake Salar de Uyuni, Altiplano, Bolivia, South America

832-272065 - Salt worker makes Salt accumulation, salt lake Salar de Uyuni, Altiplano, Bolivia, South America

832-270442 - A copper ore carrying truck in Asarco's Mission open pit copper mine, Sahuarita, Arizona, USA

832-269031 - Men, gold panning on Gold Bottom Creek, Klondike gold rush, Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada, North America

832-266914 - Open-cut mining near Zwenkau, cooling towers of the Lippendorf Power Station near Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, Europe

832-266911 - Open-cut mining near Zwenkau, stripping shovel, cooling towers of the Lippendorf Power Station near Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, Europe

832-265105 - Zollern pit, Westfaelisches industrial museum, Dortmund, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-265589 - Former Unser Fritz pit, illuminated, now artist colony, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-264444 - The LKAB iron ore mine on Mount Kirunavaara, the largest and most modern iron ore mine in the world, Kiruna, Lappland, North Sweden, Sweden

832-265468 - Shaft towers of the former Ewald pit, Herten, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-265129 - Gatehouse of the Schievenfeld coal mine settlement, Gelsenkirchen, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-265107 - Zollern pit, Westfaelisches industrial museum, Dortmund, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-265637 - Former Nordstern pit, Nordsternpark, landscape garden, office building, Gelsenkirchen, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-264445 - The LKAB iron ore mine on Mount Kirunavaara, the largest and most modern iron ore mine in the world, Kiruna, Lappland, North Sweden, Sweden

832-265586 - Former Unser Fritz pit, now artist colony, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-264794 - Head frame of the former coal-mine Minister Achenbach with a futuristic office complex by Luigi Colani, LuenTec Center for Technology, Luenen, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-265183 - Consolidation Coal Mine Industrial Complex with a light installation, Gelsenkirchen, Ruhr district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-264802 - Shaft tower of the Prosper-Haniel coal mine and a rope-system so the workers could descend by rope, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-265467 - Shaft tower of the former Ewald pit, Herten, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-264792 - Head frame of the former coal-mine Minister Achenbach with a futuristic office complex by Luigi Colani, LuenTec Center for Technology, Luenen, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-265594 - Illuminated Malakow Tower and shaft tower of the Ewald pit, Herten, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-265603 - Westpark park, landscape garden, Bochum, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

483-1614 - Salineras salt mine, Peru, South America

832-250679 - Miner helmets, former mine of Bocamina San Ramon, historic town of Guanajuato, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Province of Guanajuato, Mexico

832-244169 - Aerial photograph, Maschinenhalle Zweckel, hall of machinery Zweckel, colliery buildings, Gladbeck-Zweckel, Gladbeck, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-243986 - Aerial photo of Fernewaldhalde, Prosper-Haniel mine, Bottrop, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-239426 - Ore mine in Gaellivare, Sweden, Scandinavia, Europe

832-244821 - Aerial picture, Gelsenkirchen-Sued refuse dump, Himmelstreppe, stairs, Rheinelbe dump, International building exhibition Emscherpark 1999, by the artist Herman Prigann, Wattenscheid, Bochum, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-244284 - Aerial photo, Bochum mining museum, pit-head tower, cultural memorial, Bochum, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-245263 - Aerial photo, 5 pyramids, Ragonex company, shaft tower, mining museum, Meggen, Lennestadt, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-244135 - Aerial picture, winding tower, Zollverein School of Management and Design, Zeche Zollverein, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Essen, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-243276 - Hammer head tower, former Minister Stein coal mine, structural change, science park, industrial culture route, Ruhr district, Eving, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-243987 - Aerial photo of Prosper-Haniel mine, Bottrop, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-245103 - Aerial photo, Mausegattstrasse street, residential area, originally built for mine workers, Muelheim, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-245102 - Aerial photo, Mausegattstrasse street, residential area, originally built for mine workers, Muelheim, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-245049 - Hessler Zechensiedlung Klappheckenhof, settlement for mine workers, snow, Gelsenkirchen, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-235669 - Geleucht light installation in the shape of a walk-in mine lamp on the heap Rheinpreussen, Moers, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

1161-7275 - Carajas Open Cast Mine in Brazil

1161-1714 - Carajas Open Cast Mine, Brazil.

1161-1713 - Carajas Open Cast Mine, Brazil.

1161-1712 - Carajas Mine, Brazil.

832-226820 - Former Nordstern colliery, shaft tower, Nordstern Park, Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-226868 - Wage hall and areaway, abandoned mine Zeche Lohberg, ExtraSchicht, Dinslaken, Ruhrgebiet region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-226882 - Theater "Die grosse Reise" "The Great Journey", ExtraSchicht 2009 festival, Kohlenmischhalle, disused mine Zeche Lohberg, Dinslaken, Ruhrgebiet region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-226873 - Extraschicht 2009 festival, woman painting an abstract painting, Schwarzkaue, disused mine Zeche Lohberg, Dinslaken, Ruhrgebiet region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe