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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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The Cypress Opencast Mine, approved for New Zealand's west coast in a court decision last May, is also said to be home to a rare land snail. Five thousand gallons of diesel fuel have been drained from a tank at Ellerbeck opencast mine. The funding of the underground mine development is expected to be provided internally from profit derived from the Chibuluma West mine and the Chibuluma South opencast mine. |
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