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open-pit mining
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open-pit mining [¦ō·pən ¦pit ′mīn·iŋ]
(mining engineering)
Extracting metal ores and minerals that lie near the surface by removing the overlying material and breaking and loading the ore. Also known as open-cast mining; opencut mining.


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The project has met with protests from scientists and local residents, who fear the open-cut mining will destroy vast forest and crop areas and create mountains of toxic sludge.
The plan has met with protests from scientists and local residents of the mountainous coffee-growing region, who fear the open-cut mining will destroy vast forest and crop areas and create mountains of toxic sludge.
Pierce Carson, CEO, stated, "Based on our review to date, we have concluded that the Carache Canyon and Lucas Canyon deposits have promising open-cut mining potential at current gold prices and at assumed current-day capital and operating costs.
 
 
 
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