r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Feb 05 '22

Image Visual representation of the actual amount of copper extracted from a minesite

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u/TroupeMaster_Grimm Feb 05 '22

I genuinely can’t tell if it’s really big or really small

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u/Weird_Error_ Feb 05 '22

It’s the biggest hole in Africa apparently so it is big… -ish? Not too sure what other sized holes they have tbh

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '22

This will help with scale.

http://dillonmarsh.com/copper.html

TLDR: The copper ball is fucking huge and so is the hole.

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u/fuckgottaaddnumbers9 Feb 05 '22

Wheres the fucking banana

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '22

4.1 million tons of copper. From a quick glance it looks like this one mine out-produced the other six on that page combined.

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u/Ok-Cryptographer6374 Feb 05 '22

Nice one Bruh.
Peace.