Without mining, your daily existence would not be feasible as it is now. Absolute respect for those who work in this field, both men and women. Smartphones use around 40 different rare earth and extracted metal combinations.
Over 40,630 pounds of minerals are needed annually per person in the United States to maintain our standard of living:
✔️ 10, 765 pounds of stone
✔️ 7,254 pounds of sand and gravel
✔️ 685 pounds of cement
✔️ 148 pounds of clays
✔️ 383 pounds of salt
✔️ 275 pounds of iron ore
✔️ 168 pounds of phosphate rock
✔️ 35 pounds of soda ash
✔️ 34 pounds of aluminium
✔️ 12 pounds of copper
✔️ 11 pounds of lead
✔️ 6 pounds of zinc
✔️ 5 pounds of manganese
✔️ 25 pounds of other metals
✔️ 584 pounds of other non-metals
✔️ 956 gallons of petroleum
✔️ 3,593 pounds of coal
✔️101,338 cubic feet of natural gas
✔️ 1,100 employees and contractors directly on site.
