where is world's largest gold mine situated
Grasberg mine The Grasberg Mine is the largest gold mine and the second largest copper mine in the world.[1][2] It is located in the province of Papua in Indonesia near Puncak Jaya, the highest mountain in Papua. It has 19,500 employees. It is mostly owned by Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), which owns 90.64% of PT Freeport Indonesia (PT-FI), the principal operating subsidiary in Indonesia, including 9.36% owned through its wholly owned subsidiary, PT Indocopper Investama.[3] The government of Indonesia owns the remaining 9.36% of PT Freeport Indonesia.[3]
Man-made structures visible from space The Bingham Canyon Mine, more commonly known as Kennecott Copper Mine,[9] is an open-pit mining operation extracting a large porphyry copper deposit southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah, in the Oquirrh Mountains. The mine is the largest man-made excavation in the world.[10]