Bituminous sands are mined using enormous (100-ton capacity) power shovels and loaded into even larger (400-ton capacity) dump trucks for movement to an upgrading facility.
baɪtˈuːmɪnəs sˈændz ɑːɹ mˈaɪnd jˈuːzɪŋ ɪnˈoːɹməs wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪdtˈʌn kəpˈæsᵻɾi pˈaʊɚ ʃˈʌvəlz ænd lˈoʊdᵻd ˌɪntʊ ˈiːvən lˈɑːɹdʒɚ fˈoːɹhˈʌndɹɪdtˈʌn kəpˈæsᵻɾi dˈʌmp tɹˈʌks fɔːɹ mˈuːvmənt tʊ ɐn ʌpɡɹˈeɪdɪŋ fəsˈɪlᵻɾi.