⛏️ Open-Pit Mines of the World

These are the world's notable open-pit mines — enormous stepped excavations dug from the surface to reach copper, gold, iron, diamonds and other ore. Each profile shows where the mine is, which country it is in, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

24 open-pit mines from 12 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any open-pit mine for its full profile.

Africa (1) Americas (5) Europe (17) Oceania (1)

Africa (1 open-pit mines)

Americas (5 open-pit mines)

Europe (17 open-pit mines)

Oceania (1 open-pit mines)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.