Editing Mining engineering (section)

{{Short description|Engineering discipline}}
{{Distinguish|mining geology}}

[[Image:Kalgoorlie open cast mine.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Surface mining|Surface]] gold mine with [[haul truck]] in foreground, in [[Kalgoorlie|Kalgoorlie, Australia]]]]
'''Mining engineering''' is the extraction of minerals from the ground. It is associated with many other disciplines, such as [[mineral processing]], exploration, excavation, [[geology]], [[metallurgy]], [[geotechnical engineering]] and [[surveying]]. A mining engineer may manage any phase of mining operations, from exploration and discovery of the mineral resources, through [[feasibility study]], mine design, development of plans, [[production (economics)|production]] and operations to [[mine closure]].{{citation needed lead|date=April 2024}}