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'''[[Bucket-wheel excavator]]s''' (BWEs) are heavy equipment used in [[surface mining]]. The primary function of |
'''[[Bucket-wheel excavator]]s''' (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. |
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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: Raymond Spekking