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The massive earthquake which struck Chile in early April this year miraculously left the country's copper operations unscathed. Copper prices rose markedly, however, as investors waited to see what the fallout could be for the world's biggest producer. How didChile's copper industry weather the earthquake so successfully and what could the consequences have been had things gone differently?

Caterpillar, Joy Global and OMZ produce some of the biggest draglines used in surface mining operations. Mining-technology.com profiles the ten biggest draglines in use based on bucket capacity. Caterpillar's Cat 8750 series draglines have a bucket capacity ranging from 76m3 to 116m3 (100 to 152 cubic yards).

Springsure Creek Coal, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bandanna Energy, is developing the Springsure Creek underground thermal coal mine in Central Queensland, Australia. The coal mine is expected to produce approximately 11 million tonnes of coal per year and is expected to have a mine life of 40 years.

Producing coconut sugar is a family business. Early in the morning, the husband climbs to the top of a coconut tree with bamboo containers strapped to his waist and collects coconut sap from the flower. He repeats the process for the 15-20 trees that he is responsible for and returns home with the bamboo containers filled with coconut sap.

With the UK going coal-free for a record-breaking 90 hours over the weekend, energy sources such as solar and onshore wind now play a key role in generating electricity. However, with the urgent need for new energy sources to replace the 60% of the electricity produced worldwide by fossil fuel combustion, it has become necessary to look further afield to alternative energy sources.

What does the future hold for the world's largest renewable energy source, hydropower? Hydropower is an incredibly old source of energy, tracing its usage back to the watermills that have been a staple of civilisations since ancient times. Today, it is the largest source of renewable energy in the world, with an installed capacity of over 1126GW in 2018. Hydropower is particularly prominent in China, where the world's largest power station Three Gorges power plant in Hubei province produces 22.5GW. Other massive projects also dot the country, including the Xilodu (12.3GW) and Longtan (6.3GW) dams.

We provide different types of magnetic materials, for example, soft magnet and hard magnet, bonded magnetic compounds, ferromagnetic compounds to meet the diverse application requirements for our customers, including hard magnetic bonded compounds and soft magnetic bonded compounds. If you are looking for a lightweight, reliable, mass-produced, and customized product, bonded magnetic compounds are an ideal alternative.In addition to bonded magnetic compounds, we can also cooperate with customers to develop customized functional composite materials, such as high-density compounds and metal bonded plastic. We are committed to providing customers with new user experience and different design inspiration.

The decision by Iraq to invite interest in a number of solar independent power producer (IPP) projects is not the first time that Baghdad has sought to push ahead with competitively tendered IPP schemes.