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Huangcheng Pumped Storage Power Station Construction in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - JULY 15, 2025 - Construction workers at the ventilation and safety tunnel construction site of the Huangcheng Pumped Storage Power Station are excavating the first-level factory building, setting up steel mesh and pouring concrete in Zhangye City, Gansu Province, China on July 15, 2025.

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Huangcheng Pumped Storage Power Station Construction in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - JULY 15, 2025 - Construction workers at the ventilation and safety tunnel construction site of the Huangcheng Pumped Storage Power Station are excavating the first-level factory building, setting up steel mesh and pouring concrete in Zhangye City, Gansu Province, China on July 15, 2025.

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Huangcheng Pumped Storage Power Station Construction in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - JULY 15, 2025 - Construction workers at the ventilation and safety tunnel construction site of the Huangcheng Pumped Storage Power Station are excavating the first-level factory building, setting up steel mesh and pouring concrete in Zhangye City, Gansu Province, China on July 15, 2025.

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Huangcheng Pumped Storage Power Station Construction in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - JULY 15, 2025 - Construction workers at the ventilation and safety tunnel construction site of the Huangcheng Pumped Storage Power Station are excavating the first-level factory building, setting up steel mesh and pouring concrete in Zhangye City, Gansu Province, China on July 15, 2025.

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Huangcheng Pumped Storage Power Station Construction in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - JULY 15, 2025 - Construction workers at the ventilation and safety tunnel construction site of the Huangcheng Pumped Storage Power Station are excavating the first-level factory building, setting up steel mesh and pouring concrete in Zhangye City, Gansu Province, China on July 15, 2025.

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Iran Neyshabur Turquoise Mine

Workers excavating the turquoise-rich deposits in one of the extraction areas of the Neyshabur turquoise mine, which is among the oldest and most famous turquoise mines in the world. The mine has been in operation for over 7,000 years. Photo by Maya/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

The group uses heavy machinery for excavating oil resources. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government employs foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 2, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

The group uses heavy machinery for excavating oil resources. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government employs foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 2, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

The group uses heavy machinery for excavating oil resources. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government employs foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 2, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

The group uses heavy machinery for excavating oil resources. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government employs foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 2, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nearly 300 artifacts saved in Türkiye's earthquake zone: media

STORY: Nearly 300 artifacts saved in Türkiye's earthquake zone: media DATELINE: March 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: CULTURE/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. file of buildings destroyed by earthquakes in Hatay, Türkiye 2. file of archaeologists excavating historical artifacts under the rubble 3. file of historical mosques damaged by earthquakes in Hatay, Türkiye 4. file of an Orthodox church damaged by earthquakes in Hatay, Türkiye STORYLINE: Academics digging through earthquake rubble in Türkiye's southern province of Hatay have unearthed nearly 300 artifacts, local media reported on Tuesday. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism established the Disaster Area Excavation Directorate to salvage any treasures lost to the devastation in Hatay, a cosmopolitan province home to many ancient Christian, Muslim, and Jewish sites, the state-run Anadolu agency said. The team, led by Caucuses University Art History Department head Dr. Muhammet Arslan and including 16 scientists and 21 students fro

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China's manufacturers embrace transition to green, smart construction equipment

STORY: China's manufacturers embrace transition to green, smart construction equipment DATELINE: March 17, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:09 LOCATION: LAS VEGAS, U.S. CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the show of CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DONG YUZHONG, Vice president, Research institute of XCMG's Excavating Machinery Division 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): BRUCE LIU, General manager assistant with Zoomlion International STORYLINE: Chinese manufacturers of construction equipment are ready to embrace a greener and more intelligent future, as they present electric vehicles and the application of smart technologies at North America's largest construction trade show. The massive show of CONEXPO-CON/AGG is held in Las Vegas from Tuesday through Saturday, showcasing the latest equipment advances and newest technology applications in every field of construction. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DONG YUZHONG, Vice president, Research institute of XCMG's Excavating Machinery Division "Our most important core compet

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Rush for rare metals heating up amid climate change

RUSTENBURG, South Africa - Workers operate excavating machines at a platinum mine in November 2009 near Rustenburg, some 160 kilometers from Johannesburg, where underground pits spread like an ant nest.

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Man hurt in explosion of possible dud shell in Okinawa

ITOMAN, Japan - Dirt lies scattered in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 14 on the spot where a construction worker was seriously injured in the detonation of a possible unexploded shell dropped during World War II. Police said the worker was injured while excavating ground with a loading shovel to lay water pipes at a depth of 1 meter.

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One of the oldest rectangular tombs found in western Japan

NOTOGAWA, Japan - An ancient tomb in the town of Notogawa in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, is one of the oldest burial mounds in the country with a square rear and rectangular frontage, dating from the early 3rd century, researchers said Feb. 1. The Notogawa Town Education Board, which has been excavating the tomb since December, said it has discovered at the Jingo-Kameyama Tomb site earthenware believed to date from the Yayoi period (300 BC to AD 300).

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Spanish archaeologists find ancient writing on 2,100-year-old bronze hand

STORY: Spanish archaeologists find ancient writing on 2,100-year-old bronze hand DATELINE: Nov. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:54 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Vascon settlement on Mount Irulegi, near the Valley of Aranguren, close to Pamplona, the capital of Spain's northern Navarre region 2. various of researchers excavating the settlement with pictures of the 2,100-year-old bronze "Hand of Irulegi" 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): JAVIER VELAZA, Professor of Latin Philology at the University of Barcelona 4. various of researchers excavating and the hand with the Basque text 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): JOAQUIN GORROCHATEGUI, Professor of Indo-European Linguistics at the University of the Basque Country 6. various of pictures of the "Hand of Irulegi" 7. various of the Vascon settlement on Mount Irulegi STORYLINE: Archaeologists in Spain discovered a bronze hand believed to be 2,100 years old on which one of the oldest known languages, the Basque language, was inscribed. The bronze hand, k

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New tunnel across Yangtze River under construction in E China

STORY: New tunnel across Yangtze River under construction in E China DATELINE: April 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: WUHU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the project STORYLINE: A new tunnel across the Yangtze River in Wuhu City, east China's Anhui Province is being constructed as the second shield-tunneling machine started excavating recently. With a total length of about 6 km, this tunnel project is the first river tunnel across the Yangtze in Anhui Province and can reach over 70 meters deep underground. The tunnel is designed to have a two-way six-lane highway with a designed speed of 80 km/h. This tunnel is scheduled to open to traffic at the end of 2024. It will shorten the journey between Wuhu's new district and its main urban zone to 5 minutes, nearly half an hour quicker than the current roundabout route by bridge. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Wuhu, China. (XHTV)

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Vlog: Exploring under-construction tunnel across Yangtze River

STORY: Vlog: Exploring under-construction tunnel across Yangtze River DATELINE: March 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:41 LOCATION: ANHUI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: SOUNDBITE 1 (English): International student in Anhui SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YU WENRUI, Chief engineer of Wuhu Yangtze River Tunnel Construction Headquarters SOUNDBITE 3 (English): International student in Anhui SOUNDBITE 4 (English): International student in Anhui STORYLINE: Liza, a Russia girl who has lived in China for more than four years, is amazed by China's infrastructure capacity after visiting an under-construction tunnel across the Yangtze River in Wuhu City, east China's Anhui Province. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LIZA, International student in Anhui "Hello, everyone, I'm Liza. Can you guess where I am now? Actually, I'm inside a huge shield-tunneling machine. With a diameter of 15 meters and 136 meters long, this machine itself is higher than a five-storey building. Actually, right now, it is excavating a tunnel across the Yangtze River in

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Archaeologists find one of Japan's largest settlements from 4th C

An archeological institute shows the press on Aug. 19, 2015, the remains of pit dwellings and ditches apparently designed to mark boundaries between land areas discovered by researchers excavating the Nakanishi site in Gose, Nara Prefecture, western Japan. The settlement is believed to be one of Japan's largest in the early 4th century, according to the prefectural Archeological Institute of Kashihara. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. envoy Kennedy visits Aomori

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (far R) talks to workers excavating the Sannai-Maruyama site dating back to approximately 5,500 to 4,000 years ago, in the city of Aomori, northeastern Japan, on June 10, 2015. The envoy was visiting Aomori Prefecture for the first time after assuming her post. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rush for rare metals heating up amid climate change

RUSTENBURG, South Africa - Workers operate excavating machines at a platinum mine in November 2009 near Rustenburg, some 160 kilometers from Johannesburg, where underground pits spread like an ant nest. (Kyodo)

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Man hurt in explosion of possible dud shell in Okinawa

ITOMAN, Japan - Dirt lies scattered in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 14 on the spot where a construction worker was seriously injured in the detonation of a possible unexploded shell dropped during World War II. Police said the worker was injured while excavating ground with a loading shovel to lay water pipes at a depth of 1 meter. (Kyodo)

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Excavating machinery for linear shinkansen project

Photo taken Jan. 29, 2020, in Kobe, western Japan, shows excavating machinery used for the construction of subway tunnels for Central Japan Railway Co.'s Linear Chuo Shinkansen trains scheduled to run from 2027 between Nagoya and Tokyo's Shinagawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Excavating machinery for linear shinkansen project

Photo taken Jan. 29, 2020, in Kobe, western Japan, shows excavating machinery used for the construction of subway tunnels for Central Japan Railway Co.'s Linear Chuo Shinkansen trains scheduled to run from 2027 between Nagoya and Tokyo's Shinagawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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One of the oldest rectangular tombs found in western Japan

NOTOGAWA, Japan - An ancient tomb in the town of Notogawa in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, is one of the oldest burial mounds in the country with a square rear and rectangular frontage, dating from the early 3rd century, researchers said Feb. 1. The Notogawa Town Education Board, which has been excavating the tomb since December, said it has discovered at the Jingo-Kameyama Tomb site earthenware believed to date from the Yayoi period (300 BC to AD 300).