Bucket-wheel excavators (BWEs) are heavy equipment used in
surface mining. The primary function of a BWE is to act as a continuous digging machine in large-scale open pit mining operations. These BWEs were photographed at the
Garzweiler surface mine in Germany.Photograph:
Raimond Spekking
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Bucket-wheel excavators (BWEs) are heavy equipment used in
surface mining. The primary function of a BWE is to act as a continuous digging machine in large-scale open pit mining operations. These BWEs were photographed at the
Garzweiler surface mine in Germany.Photograph:
Raimond Spekking
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| This picture of the day has been featured on Portal:Technology. |