Manufacturing & Extraction

288Titles in the inventory

314From problem folders

0From solution folders

Detailed overview of the entire domain — including all subdivisions

Problems / Solutions

The shaft and the shop

The unclaimed hole, the sealed controller, the process dump. Consumer glue-and-battery goods are on the Business pages. The demolition skip is on the Construction pages. Fuel as energy is on the Energy pages.

Problem

Orphaned wells and abandoned mines

EPA: about 3.9 million abandoned wells, 2.2 million still unplugged. USGS: 117,672 documented orphans. BLM: as many as half a million mines.

Solution

Plug the hole

Cap it. Reclaim it. Do not leave a hole that still leaks.

Problem

The sealed machine

The factory that cannot be repaired. EPA, February 2026: the Clean Air Act is not a reason to withhold the tool.

Solution

Open the machine

A wrench, a schematic, a shop that is not the dealer.

Problem

Waste of the process

TRI 2023: 34.6 billion pounds of listed chemicals managed as waste. About 90 percent from manufacturing. 3.3 billion released.

Solution

Keep the scrap

Keep the off-cut in the plant. A remake is not a landfill.

Further writing

The rest of the floor

These pages stand on their own. The first-pass pairs do not hold the whole plant.

problemCollapse of manufacturing jobs12.611 million. The 1979 peak was 19.6 problemMeatpackingDART 4.7. Private industry 1.7 problemBlack lung1,754 deaths. The dust is still the cause problemCobalt mining76 percent from one country. The battery does not print the pit problemChemical plants131 serious accidents in 2025. 48 killed problemClothing1,134 at Rana Plaza. 11.3 million tons landfilled problemSilica dust from miningMSHA 50 μg/m³. The new black lung is quartz problemMountaintop removal501 mountains. The stream is the fill problemMine tailingsBrumadinho 272. The dam is the waste problemRare earths90 percent separated in one country. A concentrate is not a magnet problemSand mining50 billion tonnes a year. Desert sand will not bind problemUranium mining523 mines still on the Nation. The waste did not leave problemLithium mining290,000 tons. The salar still has to drink problemDeep-sea mining31 exploration contracts. No commercial code problemAcid mine drainageThe mine closed. The orange did not problemGold mining3,300 tons. Mercury is still the largest air source problemConflict diamondsA certificate against rebels is not a named pit problemElectronics manufacturing62 million tonnes of e-waste. The board is a mine problemAluminumNearly 60 percent of the pots in one country problemColtan51 percent of tantalum. The capacitor is a war problemMade in USAAll or virtually all. A flag is not a floor problemCopper mining23 million tons. Five countries dig most of it problemGlencore$1.1 billion plea. The audit was for sale solutionOpen machiningA mill that still reads a file you can keep problemCassiteriteNo U.S. mine since 1993. The solder still needs the pit problemRebuild factories$172.7 billion poured. The payroll did not return problemSkilled workers481,000 openings. The occupation is shrinking

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