A post circulating widely on Facebook shows an enormous mining machine and claims to detail the earth moving needed to fuel electric vehicles. "This machine is required to move 500 tons of earth/ ore ...

With global demand for many minerals increasing, mining companies are now exploring methods to accelerate projects and compress the timeframe between development and production. One such method is the ...

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