Mining Doc Mining Doc on Instagram: "Let’s talk about large mining shovel. Large mining shovels, also known as power shovels or electric mining shovels, are massive machines used predominantly in surface and strip mining to excavate and load large volumes of earth and fragmented rock. These shovels feature huge buckets (sometimes called dippers) with capacities ranging from around 8 cubic meters to nearly 80 cubic meters or more, enabling them to move enormous quantities of material efficiently(