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open-cast mining

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open-cast mining [′ō·pən ‚kast ′mīn·iŋ]
(mining engineering)


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Scottish Coal, the UK's largest open-cast mining group, made a pounds 2.
The Banks Group say open-cast mining methods have changed markedly in the last decade and that the project can be made to work with little impact on the surrounding area.
Mr Gerrard, 65, of Coed-y-Nant, Pen-y-Cae, Wrexham, said: ``I worked at the Hafod Colliery in Ruabon until about 1960 and then went into open-cast mining until 1964.
 
 
 
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