Lambafell Volcano Mine, 20 min drive from Reykjavík. One of the biggest mine in Iceland inside of Lambafell Volcano that dates from the Ice Age. #VolcanoMine #RocksCrashing
Thank you, yes, it's most interesting to us. Thank you for all the videos you have made on the volcano and surroundings. These are things we will never see if it wasn't for explorers like you and your wife. So we appreciate it greatly! Greetings from South Africa. 🌞
The “New Guy” 😱 is the one in the dozer on top pushing the rocks on night shift. Then day shift can scoop in the morning safely. Great interesting videos guys
Thanks, Roman. Having worked in heavy equipment manufacturing industry, I can appreciate the equipment and the people who operate it. It boggles my mind that no security or company personnel questioned your presence at the mine. Your video and commentary is very much appreciated. Hello to Nina!!🤗
@Carol Smith It is like mining sites in the 1960s as a kid. Everything near any population NEEDS security and fences now. I guess being isolated and small population they feel comfortable not having security keeping a close eye on the equipment all the time. I wonder if they even bother to disable them ? :-)
Tqvm for this video. Me too used to work in road construction machineries and quarry equipments. It is bringing back memories to the mid-eighties period of my life. Missing all the actions and activities as per your video. Thank you again, friend!! 👍👍👍
@@johncarlaw8633 It's not as though it is easy to get the equipment off the island. Also with a small population all the operators of such equipment probably know each other so no market. Also if you took a stolen piece of equipment for repair it & you would be quickly recognised.
@@johnmurrell3175 Theft is one thing but I was thinking here , in some areas, that service car or the loaders would be taken for a joyride and wrecked. What they can't use they burn and slash just because they are bored and angry. A dozen per million can do a lot of damage and be mostly anonymous. That they can just leave them there and people can wander around is like 'you can do that there?' :-)
i have been following your stuff since day one. i love what you are doing. I have been roaming the Reykjanes peninsula for 30 years, its one of the most magnificent places on earth. I am so happy that you see and show us more than just red lava. There are so many interesting places in Reykjanes. Your journey has just begun.. keep up the good work. hope to meet you one day.
The volcano they are digging into is huge and also the large one you showed us. Thanks for all your vidros I have liked everyone. I could not hike like that. Blessings for you and Nina
Thank you for making this video brother the mine is a great place to see the history of the land and some big rocks as well my friend take care and keep up the great work God bless you and your family and friends peace be with you all.
You post some really interesting videos. Thank you for showing Us all these things. The bulldozer looked like a creature, hiding as every time you peeped at him he retreated 😂. Thank you so very much. Hæ Nína x
Are there any tour companies taking people to the volcano? How far a hike once you get to the parking lot? Love your videos. Been watching since you started. Keep up your good work!
It didn't take much to cause that landslide that went on for quite some time. This is the type of machinery they needed to build the walls at the volcano site. Not the tiny things they used to create those little barriers which failed miserably. They needed the big guns like these. That bulldozer driver has some nerves of steal to be getting so close to the edge. I agree Roman, very dangerous work! Thanks, Kris.🇦🇺✌
@krisushi1 I can't tell what type that one is but the loaders at 4:00 are half the weight of the dozer used on the wall. The machines used are some of the largest. They just just look small in comparison to the the lava. The look like en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterpillar_D9 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterpillar_D10 The wall are just stop-gaps to encourage flow in a direction. There isn't anything of great value threatened yet. Nothing worth the expense of a more substantial wall in difficult terrain close to the volcano producing millions of tons of molten rock per day that can roll right over the wall if it happens to flow in that direction.
@@johncarlaw8633 I was referring to the larger white coloured excavator but they really needed the big guns used in open cut mining. When they built Australia's highest airport on the nearby Alps where I live, they used the big toys! They literally flattened peaks and filled in valleys to make an airport with an asphalt tarmac of 1460ms. I wouldn't expect machinery of that size in Iceland but it would have made it easier to make more effective barriers. They managed to make them thick enough but they lacked height. As long as the flow is kept in Nátthagi Valley, all will be well. If it does spill into Nátthagakriki, it is only one kilometer via the road to Grindavik. Cross fingers that there are no surprises. All has gone well so far and I hope it stays this way.
Raw material for the next anti-lava dams? Probably more resistant than just dirt. On a different topic, how long is your daylight on the Winter Solstice?
Hello Roman, I follow your volcano videos all the time. And I saved many of them on a USB-stick and show them on a TV in the senior home, where I work. So the old people get to watch recent things going on what they never will get in the common TV-programme. This video is interesting as well, especially the exposed layers of volcanic material. I wonder that there is no restriction to enter the mine. What about a competition to mine away the rate of lava that Fagradalsfjall erupts on the other side? ... just kidding, there is not a glimpse of a chance to get close to 13 cubic meters per second :) Your videos are very much appreciated. Greetings from the Bavarian Alps in Germany. Keep up your good work to show us all these things around Iceland... stay safe.
So is all of Iceland consist of black basalt? I am just wondering how the concrete is made. Do you need to import the aggregate from outside of Iceland? I luv how you show me different parts of Iceland. It is making me want to come there to see it in person. Stay safe, stay sane, be well
What you see in this place is exactly that: the aggregates used in Iceland to make concrete. That’s not a mine (in the sense most people think) but a quarry.
@@Petrvsco Right, but cement (vs concrete) is made from baked limestone. I expect the original question was -- Where do they get the limestone on a volcanic island?
@@WilliamPitcher : yah, thanks for rephrasing my question. I watch Grapevine as well as this channel. The person took a walk in his neighbourhood and I noticed that the sidewalks are like in North America ( I live in Canada). If Iceland just used local aggregate, they would be black. I didn’t really know they used bake limestone for concrete). Thanks for informing me! Stay safe, stay sane, be well
@@WilliamPitcher : ok, that information makes it even clearer for me. Thanks for the clarification. So I guess the question is where does Iceland get its baked limestone and cement?! Stay safe, stay sane,be well
I'm surprised there is no health and safety on site and no signs to keep out. It's strange. My wife and I live in South Yorkshire and there are many limestone quarries just over the border in North East Derbyshire. All the sites are closed off and there are signs everywhere about restricted access and the wearing of PPE. Really enjoyed your videos of Heimaey. Look after yourselves.
All that rock, gravel, sand, and soil he's pushing over, will be picked up by those articulated BIG front loaders and put through a rock screener. So far I've not seen that piece of machinery there yet but only halfway into the video. (I think I see the screener way down yonders at 5:54, Orange piece of equipment. Yep at 6:38, you pan by it quickly, it's a massive screener.) And another screener at 6:42 but I think it's a rock crusher for the bigger stones that come out in the screener's first pile. Most screeners can make/sort 4 different materials out of all that stuff he's pushing over the ledge. That camera as I've said before has a great zoom for being a phone! (You should do a few 1-2 minute videos in the 60fps setting!) _I looked up the setting on that Samsung and you can do 60fps and MANY other cool ways to record._ You've provided us some GREAT footage over the Months and we all give 'Thanks'! God Bless you Roman and your lovely wife Nina! *_Truth, Peace, Freedom & L♥ve2All™_* *James* P.S. Have you thought of doing any time-lapse videos of the lava? Those always are amazing too! (I've made a few well actually a few dozens when Bardarbunga in the Holuhraun Valley erupted in 2014. I used one of the 2 only live cameras on this event, with permission, to make some very cool time-lapse. Would be nice if I could get more views on some of those, I put a lot of time and effort. Oh, I did 2 really cool time-lapse of Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon!)
Basaltic rocks are the type of rock produced by most volcanoes on Earth. Volcanic rocks are classified by their chemical composition. Basalts have lower silica (SiO2) but more magnesium and iron than most other volcanic rocks. Most of the bottom of all oceans is made of basaltic rocks for example. If you look at the Moon you can recognize some dark areas, those are basaltic rocks too.
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driving to the edge all day long, take 18" punch remove the locking bolt, place punch on up side hole, feather controls till punch rotates slowly down, pins loose push out switch buckets, got tired of waiting for help to switch buckets, big boy toys
You know...i was just thinking about the new lava and why not goto where its cooled down and just start cutting slabs and exporting it to america as they will use it for their gardens...as even some for decorations and pots for plants(just cause a client i have has some with plants in them)
Ty for showing us. Please continue to show us things like this around Iceland. Not just the volcano
Every thing you share is interesting!
Thank you for your continued Virtual Tours! So appreciated! Much Love as this Phenomenal event continues. 🌋
Call Peter Kiewit if your serious about moving dirt.
Wow you are showing us so much in Iceland. Thank you!! It's all so interesting!!
Thank you, yes, it's most interesting to us. Thank you for all the videos you have made on the volcano and surroundings. These are things we will never see if it wasn't for explorers like you and your wife. So we appreciate it greatly!
Greetings from South Africa. 🌞
The “New Guy” 😱 is the one in the dozer on top pushing the rocks on night shift.
Then day shift can scoop in the morning safely. Great interesting videos guys
Thank you so much for sharing such interesting videos! Love how you walk us along with you on your visits!
Thanks, Roman. Having worked in heavy equipment manufacturing industry, I can appreciate the equipment and the people who operate it. It boggles my mind that no security or company personnel questioned your presence at the mine. Your video and commentary is very much appreciated. Hello to Nina!!🤗
@Carol Smith It is like mining sites in the 1960s as a kid. Everything near any population NEEDS security and fences now.
I guess being isolated and small population they feel comfortable not having security keeping a close eye on the equipment all the time.
I wonder if they even bother to disable them ? :-)
Tqvm for this video. Me too used to work in road construction machineries and quarry equipments. It is bringing back memories to the mid-eighties period of my life. Missing all the actions and activities as per your video. Thank you again, friend!! 👍👍👍
@@johncarlaw8633 It's not as though it is easy to get the equipment off the island. Also with a small population all the operators of such equipment probably know each other so no market. Also if you took a stolen piece of equipment for repair it & you would be quickly recognised.
@@johnmurrell3175 Theft is one thing but I was thinking here , in some areas, that service car or the loaders would be taken for a joyride and wrecked. What they can't use they burn and slash just because they are bored and angry. A dozen per million can do a lot of damage and be mostly anonymous.
That they can just leave them there and people can wander around is like 'you can do that there?' :-)
i have been following your stuff since day one. i love what you are doing. I have been roaming the Reykjanes peninsula for 30 years, its one of the most magnificent places on earth. I am so happy that you see and show us more than just red lava. There are so many interesting places in Reykjanes. Your journey has just begun.. keep up the good work. hope to meet you one day.
The volcano they are digging into is huge and also the large one you showed us. Thanks for all your vidros I have liked everyone. I could not hike like that. Blessings for you and Nina
This puts Volvo in a whole new light. Respect!
Thank you!!! Yet again, you are giving us context, showing us interesting places in Iceland. We are learning so much more, thanks to your hard work!
Yes, very interesting, Roman...thank you for showing us.
I approve of knocking lots of big rocks off of a giant cliff. They should keep doing that.
Thank you for making this video brother the mine is a great place to see the history of the land and some big rocks as well my friend take care and keep up the great work God bless you and your family and friends peace be with you all.
And thank you for your Background Info, I think Iceland has a great profit from your Videos.....
You post some really interesting videos.
Thank you for showing Us all these things.
The bulldozer looked like a creature, hiding as every time you peeped at him he retreated 😂.
Thank you so very much.
Hæ Nína x
I really like this video !!! Go through such stone quarries and film everything
Yes, very educational your a wonderful guide ty.
he is using the hill tumble to separate large rock from small to dirt remains upper
Fascinating! I can't get over how really dangerous this work is for the bulldozer driver.
He must have nerves of steel.
What a courageous worker!!!
Are there any tour companies taking people to the volcano? How far a hike once you get to the parking lot? Love your videos. Been watching since you started. Keep up your good work!
I love the way your country makes use of the earth natural resources,Thank you ☺
Wanda, I’ve heard and seen that you can buy crushed lava in garden soil as it’s full of minerals etc. It is said to be very good.. ,for the plants.
Loving your videos, keep on exploring!
It didn't take much to cause that landslide that went on for quite some time. This is the type of machinery they needed to build the walls at the volcano site. Not the tiny things they used to create those little barriers which failed miserably. They needed the big guns like these. That bulldozer driver has some nerves of steal to be getting so close to the edge. I agree Roman, very dangerous work! Thanks, Kris.🇦🇺✌
@krisushi1 I can't tell what type that one is but the loaders at 4:00 are half the weight of the dozer used on the wall.
The machines used are some of the largest. They just just look small in comparison to the the lava. The look like
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterpillar_D9
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterpillar_D10
The wall are just stop-gaps to encourage flow in a direction.
There isn't anything of great value threatened yet. Nothing worth the expense of a more substantial wall in difficult terrain close to the volcano producing millions of tons of molten rock per day that can roll right over the wall if it happens to flow in that direction.
@@johncarlaw8633 I was referring to the larger white coloured excavator but they really needed the big guns used in open cut mining. When they built Australia's highest airport on the nearby Alps where I live, they used the big toys! They literally flattened peaks and filled in valleys to make an airport with an asphalt tarmac of 1460ms. I wouldn't expect machinery of that size in Iceland but it would have made it easier to make more effective barriers. They managed to make them thick enough but they lacked height. As long as the flow is kept in Nátthagi Valley, all will be well. If it does spill into Nátthagakriki, it is only one kilometer via the road to Grindavik. Cross fingers that there are no surprises. All has gone well so far and I hope it stays this way.
It was really satisfying to see those big boulders coming all the way down. Scary good.
Raw material for the next anti-lava dams? Probably more resistant than just dirt.
On a different topic, how long is your daylight on the Winter Solstice?
Hello Roman, I follow your volcano videos all the time. And I saved many of them on a USB-stick and show them on a TV in the senior home, where I work. So the old people get to watch recent things going on what they never will get in the common TV-programme. This video is interesting as well, especially the exposed layers of volcanic material. I wonder that there is no restriction to enter the mine. What about a competition to mine away the rate of lava that Fagradalsfjall erupts on the other side? ... just kidding, there is not a glimpse of a chance to get close to 13 cubic meters per second :) Your videos are very much appreciated. Greetings from the Bavarian Alps in Germany. Keep up your good work to show us all these things around Iceland... stay safe.
When you have an excavator license and do not use it, is it allowed to ask you for your profession?
Thank you for sharing this video. There isn't enough money in the world to get me to do that job! Amazing.
That's interesting, Thanks!
Cool video!!! For some reason I kept waiting to see Fred Flintstone and his trusty dinosaur working! 🤣
Well that’s one way to roll rocks! Yea it does seem dangerous. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for the update and the answer to my previous question.
Very cool. Learn so much from you. Thanks
Scary job pushing all that down from the top..w0w! Thanks for showing this. 👍
Very interesting! Thanks,
Gutn Tog.
The Roman empire added volcanic ash to their cement and alledgidly it made cement stronger. The formula is not know, but I notice Roman roads
Wonder how far this one is from the active volcano?
nice topic today. do they still have those grocery stores called "Bingo"? Was there years ago...
good view of the layers deposited
Rock: "is the ice age over already??"
Very interesting. Thank you!
We have some that are so large that their tires are taller than a house
Amazing equipment and amazing operators!!
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So is all of Iceland consist of black basalt? I am just wondering how the concrete is made. Do you need to import the aggregate from outside of Iceland?
I luv how you show me different parts of Iceland. It is making me want to come there to see it in person.
Stay safe, stay sane, be well
What you see in this place is exactly that: the aggregates used in Iceland to make concrete. That’s not a mine (in the sense most people think) but a quarry.
@@Petrvsco Right, but cement (vs concrete) is made from baked limestone. I expect the original question was -- Where do they get the limestone on a volcanic island?
@@WilliamPitcher : yah, thanks for rephrasing my question. I watch Grapevine as well as this channel. The person took a walk in his neighbourhood and I noticed that the sidewalks are like in North America ( I live in Canada). If Iceland just used local aggregate, they would be black.
I didn’t really know they used bake limestone for concrete).
Thanks for informing me!
Stay safe, stay sane, be well
@@sirdavidoftor3413 The confusing thing is that cement and concrete are actually two different things with cement being an ingredient in concrete.
@@WilliamPitcher : ok, that information makes it even clearer for me. Thanks for the clarification. So I guess the question is where does Iceland get its baked limestone and cement?!
Stay safe, stay sane,be well
What kind of mineral are they mining? Sulphates or any gems?
A bit frightening watching that dozer up there. Looks so close to the edge.
What is extracted from that mine?
Apparently, the Soufriere volcano in St Lucia is not the world's only drive in volcano.
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Thanks again...interesting!
I'm surprised there is no health and safety on site and no signs to keep out. It's strange. My wife and I live in South Yorkshire and there are many limestone quarries just over the border in North East Derbyshire. All the sites are closed off and there are signs everywhere about restricted access and the wearing of PPE. Really enjoyed your videos of Heimaey. Look after yourselves.
very much enjoyed this. There is another channel " Icelandic machines" that shows all this being done"
All that rock, gravel, sand, and soil he's pushing over, will be picked up by those articulated BIG front loaders and put through a rock screener.
So far I've not seen that piece of machinery there yet but only halfway into the video. (I think I see the screener way down yonders at 5:54, Orange piece of equipment. Yep at 6:38, you pan by it quickly, it's a massive screener.)
And another screener at 6:42 but I think it's a rock crusher for the bigger stones that come out in the screener's first pile. Most screeners can make/sort 4 different materials out of all that stuff he's pushing over the ledge.
That camera as I've said before has a great zoom for being a phone! (You should do a few 1-2 minute videos in the 60fps setting!)
_I looked up the setting on that Samsung and you can do 60fps and MANY other cool ways to record._
You've provided us some GREAT footage over the Months and we all give 'Thanks'!
God Bless you Roman and your lovely wife Nina!
*_Truth, Peace, Freedom & L♥ve2All™_*
*James*
P.S. Have you thought of doing any time-lapse videos of the lava? Those always are amazing too!
(I've made a few well actually a few dozens when Bardarbunga in the Holuhraun Valley erupted in 2014. I used one of the 2 only live cameras on this event, with permission, to make some very cool time-lapse. Would be nice if I could get more views on some of those, I put a lot of time and effort. Oh, I did 2 really cool time-lapse of Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon!)
Why are they pushing the rocks?
I am amazed that you were allowed to just walk around there with rocks crashing down.
É isso!!! o animal racional tem que dominar a natureza e se possível com robótica sim, sim, sim... parabéns irmão das terras do gelo...
What is basaltic rock?
Basaltic rocks are the type of rock produced by most volcanoes on Earth. Volcanic rocks are classified by their chemical composition. Basalts have lower silica (SiO2) but more magnesium and iron than most other volcanic rocks. Most of the bottom of all oceans is made of basaltic rocks for example. If you look at the Moon you can recognize some dark areas, those are basaltic rocks too.
I wonder how many mineral deposits they unearth by doing that. Crazy!
Good question quietone748!
Thank you forthe info
they need to borrow a few of those at the volcano to help build up those walls faster
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I wonder are there any fossils in those rocks, Thank you for this video. Dangerous job and probably safer to do this with no other workers around
I doubt it. That's hardened lava, not a sedimentary rock.
Why did you get an excavator license if you don’t want to do that kind of work?
Lava is "big business" ???
Yes I know that
Avalanche of rock. . .?
Scary job
Looks like they are trying to get the reddish stuff.
driving to the edge all day long, take 18" punch remove the locking bolt, place punch on up side hole, feather controls till punch rotates slowly down, pins loose push out switch buckets, got tired of waiting for help to switch buckets, big boy toys
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His voice !!!!! Lol. He should be in an Adam Sandler movie.
Biggest bulldozer I have seen....this is the A team..where is the gold?
They are trying to bury the volcano.......ahahahah.
I need some lava shipped to me. Can you ship me some lava?
I put volcanic rocks in all my plants and garden. $8 usd for tiny bag. Big money in volcanic rock. Bet they mine minerals and those gem stones from it
i used to drive our execrator on the farm I was renting
They mine the volcano? For what? Gravel to pave the roads? Gravel forIceland’s roads or do they ship it out to gravel poor countries?
Yes gravel for roads
Good question..oh, big business is the answer.
Shipping wouldn't be Cheap.
I put volcanic rock in all my plants and gardens.
it's a 'dry' volcano
Interesting best to get away from there.
Pave paradise and put up a parking lot
Is this how Iceland makes dirt?
Now all you need is some compost.
You know...i was just thinking about the new lava and why not goto where its cooled down and just start cutting slabs and exporting it to america as they will use it for their gardens...as even some for decorations and pots for plants(just cause a client i have has some with plants in them)
Rusty: In terms of shipping to the U S, we actually have lots of lava... covers a lot of the northwest...
@@deborahferguson1163 show you what i know...im in the swamps and bayous ...
Slow down...please
Here is the company that runs this mine, one of three they have - eden.is/. They export aggregates, indeed.
Dude, please, without fear, let everyone know what you know now? Dick RUclips! People need to know NOW!
Call Peter Kiewit if your serious about moving dirt. (PKS)
With all that accessible lava available your country should have the best all weather roads in the world!
The bucket of the white excavator is so big that it would fit a sex game there, what do you say? It already looks interesting, yeah
Humans know how to fuck up a mountain with a tank of gas. What’s for the next trick?
You could not do that in the USA too many tree-huggers
😹, no trees to hug there.
What is basaltic rock?