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MINING NOTES BY TEACHER JABSON Mining It is the extraction of mineral ores underground Importance of mining Growth of industries - Mining helps industries to grow by providing raw materials to industries - Many industries obtain their raw materials from the mining sector. - For example, building and construction industries get some of their raw materials from processed asbestos and iron ore. - Heavy engineering firms obtain iron and steel from the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company. Employment creation - Mining creates employment directly and indirectly. Mining operations with limited technology tend to be labour intensive. - Indirectly, many people are employed by companies which are involved in processing and beneficiation of minerals. - In the mining industry beneficiation or benefication, is any process that improves (benefits) the economic value of the ore by removing the gangue minerals, which results in a higher grade product (concentrate) and a waste stream (tailings).