Cerro Vanguardia Mine – gold and silver mine located near Puerto San Julián, Santa Cruz
Pascua Lama – binational gold and silver mine in San Juan, Argentina and Atacama, Chile (in project)
Australia
Boddington Gold Mine – gold and copper mine near Boddington, Western Australia
Cadia Mine – gold and copper mine located near Orange, New South Wales
Challenger Mine – gold mine near Coober Pedy, South Australia
Hunter Valley Operations – metallurgic and thermal coal mine near Singleton, New South Wales
McArthur River Mine – zinc, lead and silver mine southwest of Borroloola, Northern Territory
Prominent Hill mine – copper mine near Coober Pedy, South Australia
Ranger Mine – uranium mine east of Darwin, Northern Territory
Sunrise Dam gold mine – gold mine near Laverton, Western Australia
Super Pit – gold mine near Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Telfer Mine – gold and copper mine in the Pilbara, Western Australia
Peak Downs Mine – coking coal mine near Moranbah, Queensland
Goonyella Riverside Mine – metallurgical coking coal near Moranbah, Queensland
Botswana
Jwaneng diamond mine
Orapa diamond mine
Damtshaa diamond mine
Letlhakane diamond mine
Bulgaria
Maritsa Iztok Mines – coal mine near Radnevo, Stara Zagora Province, Bulgaria
Canada
Adams Mine – abandoned mine in Kirkland Lake, Ontario
Athabasca oil sands – second largest proven petroleum reserve in the world as of 2013, located in northern Alberta along the Athabasca river.
Barkerville Mine - Gold Mine near Wells, British Columbia
Colomac Mine – gold mine in Northwest Territories
Copperfields Mine, an abandoned base and precious metal mine in Temagami, Ontario
Copper Mountain Mine – Copper mine South of Princeton, British Columbia
Detour Lake Gold Mine - Gold mine in Cochrane, Ontario
Diavik Diamond Mine – diamond mine in Northwest Territories
Ekati Diamond Mine – diamond mine in Northwest Territories
Elkview Operations – Coal mine in the Elk Valley of British Columbia
Fording River – Coal mine in the Elk Valley of British Columbia
Gibraltar Mine copper mine near Williams Lake, British Columbia
Greenhills - Coal Mine in the Elk Valley of British Columbia
Highland Valley Copper – copper mine in British Columbia]
Kanichee Mine, an abandoned base and precious metal mine in Temagami, Ontario
Line Creek – Coal Mine in the Elk Valley of British Columbia
Marmoraton Mine - abandoned Iron ore mine east of Peterborough, Ontario and North of Trenton, Ontario
Mary River Mine – Iron mine in the Mary River region of Baffin Island, Nunavut
Mount Milligan – Copper/Gold Mine west of Mackenzie, British Columbia
Pine Point Mine – lead and zinc mine in Northwest Territories
Red Chris Mine - Copper/Gold Mine 80km South of Dease Lake, British Columbia
Sherman Mine – abandoned iron mine in Temagami, Ontario
Canadian Malartic Gold mine (Largest in Canada)
Chile
Chuquicamata – copper mine
Escondida – copper mine
Pascua Lama – binational gold and silver mine in San Juan, Argentina and Atacama, Chile (in project)
Radomiro Tomic – copper mine`
Colombia
Cerrejón – coal mine in Guajira Department
Egypt
Sukari – gold mine
Germany
Tagebau Garzweiler – lignite mine
Tagebau Hambach – lignite mine
Tagebau Inden – lignite mine
India
Hutti – gold mine in Raichur District of Karnataka
Neyveli Lignite – largest open cast mines in India
Rampura Agucha Mines, Zinc mine in Rajasthan
Indonesia
Batu Hijau mine – copper and gold mine on the island of Sumbawa
Grasberg mine – largest gold and second largest copper mine in the world in Papua province
Iran
Gol Gohar mine – the largest iron mine in Iran
Sarcheshme Copper Mine – copper mine with side production of gold and molybdenum
Kyrgyzstan
Kumtor Gold Mine – gold mine in Tian Shan Mountains at 4,000-4,400 m (14,000 ft) above sea level
Mongolia
Boroo Gold Mine – gold mine 110 km (70 mi) WNW of the capital Ulan Bator
Namibia
Rossing – uranium mine
New Zealand
Macraes Mine – gold mine in Central Otago
Martha Mine – gold mine in Waihi
Papua New Guinea
Panguna mine – copper mine in Bougainville Province
Peru
Toquepala – porphyry copper.
Yanacocha – gold mine
Antamina Mine – Polymetallic mine (Copper, Zinc)
Poland
Adamów Coal Mine – coal mine (lignite)
Bełchatów Coal Mine – coal mine (lignite)
Konin Coal Mine – coal mine (lignite)
Turów Coal Mine – coal mine (lignite)
Portugal
Sao Domingos Mine – copper mine
Romania
Berbeşti Coal Mine – coal mine
Motru Coal Mine – coal mine
Roșia Poieni copper mine
Rovinari Coal Mine – coal mine
Russia
Mirny Mine – diamond mine in Mirny, Eastern Siberia
Udachnaya pipe – diamond mine in Yakutia, Russia
South Africa
The Big Hole – a former diamond mine in Kimberley, dug to 240 m (790 ft) between 1871 and 1914, making it the deepest hand-excavated pit in the world. Now a museum.
The Jagersfontein Mine – operating between 1888 and 1971. This was hand-excavated to 201 m (660 ft) by 1911, and the hand-dug pit was sightly larger than the Big Hole.
The Palabora Open Pit – mechanically excavated by Palabora Mining Company, in Phalaborwa, Limpopo Province. The pit is 898m deep and 1846m across on top.
Voorspoed diamond mine
Serbia
RB Kolubara – coal mine (lignite)
Kostolac coal mine – coal mine (lignite)
Bor mine – copper and gold
Majdanpek mine – copper and gold
Spain
Corta Atalaya – the largest open-pit mine in Europe and was at one time the largest in the world.
Sierra Menera – Sistema Ibérico
Sweden
Aitik-gruvan in Gällivare – copper mine with side production of gold and molybdenum
United Kingdom
Ffos-y-fran Land Reclamation Scheme – coal mine in Wales