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    Zinc mining - Wikipedia

    • Zinc mining is the process by which mineral forms of the metal zinc are extracted from the earth through mining. A zinc mine is a mine that produces zinc minerals in ore as its primary product. Common co-products in zinc ores include minerals of lead and silver. Other mines may produce zinc minerals as a by-product of the production of ores containing m… See more

    History

    Zinc deposits have been exploited for thousands of years: the oldest known zinc mine, in Rajasthan, India, was … See more

    Methods of extraction

    Zinc is mined both at the surface and at depth. Surface mining of zinc is typically used for oxide ores, while underground mining yields zinc sulfide ores. Some of the common methods of zinc mining are open pit mining, … See more

    Production

    Global mine production of zinc in 2019 was 12.9 million tonnes, a 0.9% increase from 2018, with the increase primarily attributed to increased output from zinc mines in Australia and South Africa.
    In 2020, pr… See more

    Environmental impact

    Research on the health of the benthic macroinvertebrate populations in the mining areas of southeastern Missouri, USA, have yielded a wealth of information on the effects of zinc mining on its local environme… See more

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