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Gold mining

Gold mining involves the extraction of gold either via conventional mining or via placer mining, as it is a soft metal, gold is relatively easy to separate from its surrounding. Global gold production is estimated at approximately 4,000–5,000 metric tons per year, with the majority coming from newly mined sources. Historically, gold mining from alluvial…

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Gold mining

Nodes193
Edges192
Triples169
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010363
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Gold mining

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related to Further reading · 69
Gold mining → Accounts, Ali, American West, California, California Gold Camps, California Press, Camps, Challenge, Cleaner Production, Contributions, Developed, Developing Countries, Diffusion, Discovery, Documents, Economic Geology, Erwin, Forgotten Giant, Found, Frank
has method · 12
Gold mining → Australia, Canada, Dolaucothi, Gold, Gwynedd, New Zealand, Otago, Recreational, South Africa, The, United States, Wales
related to Large companies · 10
Gold mining → Barrick Gold, For, Gold, Large, Lega Dembi Mine, Local, Most, Newmont, Some, Vulnerable
related to history · 9
Gold mining → BC, Bulgaria, During, Georgia, Georgian, German, Sakdrisi, The, Varna Necropolis
related to Mercury process · 9
Gold mining → ASGM, First, Historically, However, Large-scale, Mercury, The, Then, This
related to Supply and demand · 5
Gold mining → Currently, Gold, In, The, World
see also · 2
Gold mining → Gold, Sibanye GoldGold
is a · 1
Gold mining → major source of heavy metal contamination

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Gold miningis amajor source of heavy metal contamination0.90text
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with gold being an important metal mined in pre-historyinstance ofThe expansion of gold mining to ores that are below the surface has led to more complex extraction processes such as large scale pit mining and chemical extraction processes0.80text
early civilizations around the worldinstance ofThe expansion of gold mining to ores that are below the surface has led to more complex extraction processes such as large scale pit mining and chemical extraction processes0.80text
smaller artisinal minesinstance ofIn mines with less regulation0.80text
healthinstance ofIn mines with less regulation0.80text
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