Surface mining is a type of mining that involves removing the soil and rock that covers mineral resources. It is a type of underground mining in which the overlying rock is left in place and the essential mineral deposits are extracted via shafts or tunnels. Mining may be classified into two types: surface mining and subterranean mining. Surface mining produces two-thirds of the world's solid minerals, with sand, gravel, crushed stone, phosphates, coal, copper, iron, and aluminum being the most common products. Surface mining is divided into five kinds, each of which is employed to varying degrees and for different resources. Strip mining, open-pit mining, mountaintop removal, dredging, and high-wall mining are the different types of mining. Surface mining processes will all remove the waste material, or overburden, that is above the desired resource. For a variety of reasons, mining corporations prefer surface mining versus subsurface (underground) mining. It is less expensive, there