Mining Mayhem

That's some impressive oversize material.

From the Aprelevka Gold Mine in Tajikistan, November 2011

More bad spontaneous combustion.

This shovel has got itself stuck into a good ditch. The operator must have forgotten that his treads weren't pointing the same direction...

Continuing on with our flooded theme, here's another mine which has been flooded. While not as bad as Middlemount, it's still quite ...