The giant saw can smooth the coal mountain

The machine saw at Bogatyr coal mine near Ekibastuz city, Kazakhstan is considered the world's largest sawmill.

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The saw weighs 45,000 tons and the saw blade is the size of a four-storey building.

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This saw can exploit more than 4,500 tons of coal per hour.

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This saw can even cut a coal mountain.

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It took 27 miners to operate the giant saw.

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The diameter of the saw blade is up to 12m.

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Photographer Alexander Popov saw the huge saw and he was amazed.

Update 12 December 2018