List of open-pit mines
This is a list of open- pit mines.
Birgitta Haukdal
Birgitta Haukdal Brynjarsdóttir( born 28 July 1979), also known by her mononym Birgitta, is an Icelandic singer.
She rose to domestic media prominence as the lead singer of pop band Írafár.
She represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 with the song" Open Your Heart", tying in eighth place with the Spanish contestant Beth with 81 points.
Open-pit mining
Open-pit, open- cast or open cut mining is a surface mining technique of extracting rock or minerals from the earth by their removal from an open pit or borrow.
This form of mining differs from extractive methods that require tunnelling into the earth, such as long wall mining.
Open-pit mines are used when deposits of commercially useful ore or rocks are found near the surface.
It is applied to ore or rocks found at the surface because the overburden is relatively thin or the material of interest is structurally unsuitable for tunnelling( as would be the case for sand, cinder, and gravel).
In contrast, minerals that have been found underground but are difficult to retrieve due to hard rock, can be reached using a form of underground mining.
To create an open -pit mine, the miners must determine the information of the ore that is underground.
This is done through drilling of probe holes in the ground, then plotting each hole location on a map.
The information gained through the holes with provide an idea of the vertical extent of the ore's body.
This vertical information is then used to pit tentative locations of the benches that will occur in the mine.
It is important to consider the grade and economic value of the ore in the potential pit.
Open-pit mines that produce building materials and dimension stone are commonly referred to as" quarries."
Open-pit mines are typically enlarged until either the mineral resource is exhausted, or an increasing ratio of overburden to ore makes further mining uneconomic.
When this occurs, the exhausted mines are sometimes converted to landfills for disposal of solid wastes.
However, some form of water control is usually required to keep the mine pit from becoming a lake, if the mine is situated in a climate of considerable precipitation or if any layers of the pit forming the mine border productive aquifers.
Open-pit mining is to be considered one of the most dangerous sectors in the industrial world.
It causes significant effects to miners health, as well as damage to the ecological land.
Open-pit mining causes changes to vegetation, soil, and bedrock, which ultimately contributes to changes in surface hydrology, groundwater levels, and flow paths.
Additionally, open-pit produces harmful pollutants depending on the type of mineral being mined, and the type of mining process being used.
Open Pit Mine
"Open Pit Mine" is a murder ballad by George Jones.
It was composed by Delbert T. Gentry and released as Jones' third single for United Artists in 1962.
Billy Milano
Billy Milano is a Bronx- born heavy metal musician now based in Austin, Texas.
He is the singer and- occasionally- guitarist and bassist of crossover thrash band M.O.D., and he was also the singer of its predecessor, Stormtroopers of Death.
He was also the singer of United Forces, which also featured his Stormtroopers of Death bandmate Dan Lilker.
Aktogay mine
The Aktogay mine(" Aqtoǵaı mys ken orny") is a large open- pit mine located in south eastern Kazakhstan in East Kazakhstan Province approximately 250 km from Kazakhstan- China border.
Aktogay is KAZ Minerals's second major growth project.
The Aktogay ore body consists of an oxide deposit on top of a larger sulphide deposit, the latter containing some valuable molybdenum as a by-product.
The project will include an open -pit mine and concentrator and has a production life of over 50 years.
Orcopampa Airport
Orcopampa Airport is an extremely high elevation airport serving the town of Orcopampa and the Minas Buenaventura open pit mine in the Arequipa Region of Peru.
George Jones
George Glenn Jones (September 12, 1931 – April 26, 2013) was an American musician, singer and songwriter.
He achieved international fame for his long list of hit records, including his best-known song "
He Stopped Loving Her Today", as well as his distinctive voice and phrasing.
For the last twenty years of his life, Jones was frequently referred to as the greatest living country singer.
Country music scholar Bill Malone writes, "For the two or three minutes consumed by a song, Jones immerses himself so completely in its lyrics, and in the mood it conveys, that the listener can scarcely avoid becoming similarly involved."
Waylon Jennings expressed a similar opinion in his song "
It's AlrightIf
we all could sound like we wanted to, we'd all sound like George Jones.
" The shape of his nose and facial features earned Jones the nickname "The Possum".
Born in Texas, Jones first heard country music when he was seven and was given a guitar at the age of nine.
He married his first wife, Dorothy Bonvillion, in 1950, and was divorced in 1951.
He served in the United States Marine Corps and was discharged in 1953.
He married Shirley Ann Corley in 1954.
In 1959, Jones recorded "White Lightning", written by J. P. Richardson, which launched his career as a singer.
His second marriage ended in divorce in 1968; he married fellow country music singer Tammy Wynette a year later.
Years of alcoholism compromised his health and led to his missing many performances, earning him the nickname "No Show Jones".
After his divorce from Wynette in 1975, Jones married his fourth wife, Nancy Sepulvado, in 1983 and became sober for good in 1999.
Jones died in 2013, aged 81, from hypoxic respiratory failure.
During his career, Jones had more than 150 hits, both as a solo artist and in duets with other artists.
Robert Christgau has called him "honky-tonk's greatest honky".
O Valencia!
" O Valencia!" is the fifth single by the indie rock band
The Decemberists, and the first released from their fourth studio album," The Crane Wife".
The music was written by The Decemberists and the lyrics by Colin Meloy.
It tells a story of two star- crossed lovers.
The singer falls in love with a person who belongs to an opposing gang.
At the end of the song, the singer's lover jumps in to defend the singer, who is confronting his lover's brother( the singer's" sworn enemy") and is killed by the bullet intended for the singer.
Bernie Bonvoisin
Bernard Bonvoisin, known as Bernie Bonvoisin( born 9 July 1956 in Nanterre, Hauts- de- Seine), is a French hard rock singer and film director.
He is best known for having been the singer of Trust.
He was one of the best friends of Bon Scott the singer of AC/ DC and together they recorded the song" Ride On" which was one of the last songs by Bon Scott.

Question: Why did the performer of song Open Pit Mine die?
Answer: Respiratory Failure