Mining and Metals

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An operator of RWE's huge bucket wheel excavator lifts his helmet while the paddle-wheel digs for lignite in the open-cast brown coal mine of Inden near Weisweiler after an Internet auction ended to sell the 3,500 tons heavy excavator in Inden, Germany September 30, 2020

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Jordy Lee
Senior Research Associate, Colorado School of Mines
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