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Deepest mines worldwide as of 2021 (in kilometers)

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December 2021

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Worldwide

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2021

Supplementary notes

East Rand Mine closed in 2008.
Kusasalethu Mine was previously known as Elandskraal Mine.
Empire Mine closed in 1956.
Previously known as Kloof Mine.
The Kolar Gold Fields mine was closed in 2001.

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Largest global mines based on depth as of 2021

Published by
Doris Dokua Sasu,
Nov 18, 2022
As of 2021, the Mponeng Gold Mine in Carletonville, South Africa, was the deepest mine in the world, with a depth of **** kilometers. Every day around metric tons of rock is excavated from this mine. It takes longer than *** hour to travel from the surface to the bottom of the Mponeng Gold Mine.

Eight of the world's ten deepest mines are located in South Africa. The United States and India are home to the remaining two of the top ten deepest mines in the world.
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