Ores and Minerals constitute of a large chunk of industries across the globe. Usually mining and quarrying are the techniques through which rocks and precious stones are extracted.
Quarries are kind of open-pit mines for excavation of construction aggregate, sand, dimension stone and gravels. China clay, coal, granite, marble, gypsum, ores, phosphates and the likes are derived from within the pits.
These stones are then finished properly and polished to be used as bathroom and kitchen countertops as well as flooring materials. These are beautiful and durable for residential and office use.
Mining is the process of extraction of geological materials and valuable minerals from the earth, from an ore body, vein and reef that forms mineralized horizon as well as packages of economic significance for the miner. Both man and machine is involved in quarry and mine related jobs.
Ores are economically valuable materials for a miner and are recovered through mining. These encapsulate precious stones like diamonds, valuable metals, base metals, iron, coal, uranium, rock salt, oil shale and potash. Natural gas, water and petroleum are the non-renewable resources and mining describes the extraction of these resources from the earth.
Silica, clay and granite slabs are retrieved by cutting the earth surface in large size. After getting them to the storage area, those are cut into right shape and size. The waste materials are dumped at dumping yards, as they pollute the environment very badly.
There are various ways of extracting the stone slabs or stones having a significant economic value, but mining and quarrying remains the prime ways to get the job done safely.
There are extraction industries whose prime job is to involve machinery and manpower for excavating these expensive materials from the underground. Stones like diamonds are in high demand since time immemorial and hence a lot of stress is put to fetch the stones having them safely. The mines of Africa are famous for gold and diamond mining as there is lot of resource to be explored.
Oil wells are vastly known for retrieving oil from the underground and storing and exporting them for business purpose. The competition in every sector is growing at rocket speed, but industries related to this field still have a lot of possibility to flourish.
Quarrying is essential and after the process is over, it is essential for a miner to take care of the void formed on the earth surface. These sometimes prove fatal for the future, as water gets deposited with time and people use them for swimming. The cold water makes them face severe health issues and they can even drown there.
Mining holes needs to be filled with sand, as they tend to aggravate the earth surface and propel landslides. Illegal mining is done in so many places, where the miner make the government lose so much revenue and endanger the lives of the locals by neglecting the industry guidelines.
Polishing and shaping the stone slabs after quarrying them is important, because it offers the gloss and durability to the material. After installation they are polished from time to time, in order to maintain the shine and longevity for an expanded time period.
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